G'day all; I have carried a SEE/RESCUE streamer attached to my PFD for several years. Wouldn't go to sea without it, along with other 'passive' backup items such as dye, and a mirror. All for use in 'long range' rescue, rather than 'up close and personal' rescue where items such as a whistle come into play. The advantages of a streamer as I see it: # Low tech. With no batteries to go dead. # High efficiency. See the link below for demonstrated visual effectivness at sea. # Developed for air rescue. If people are seriously looking for me at sea, they will probably use aircraft in the first instance. The streamer is ideal for this in daytime. # Can withstand abuse. Basically a roll of coloured plastic. I carry mine attached permanently to my PFD. It is light and small and low cost. I bought two POCKET SEE/RESCUES from the manufacturer in Hawaii. Cheers, Peter Rattenbury Wollongong Australia/ The link: http://www.equipped.com/signal.htm#CatchAnEye *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
(Moderator's Note: Content unaltered. Excessive quoting (i.e. headers/footers/sig lines/comments from previous posts, etc.) have been removed. Please edit quoted material and list footers when replying to posts.) I am buying a couple for my family: there are back country skiers, backpackers and crews on big racing sailboats. Tony Reynes tony_at_tesar-reynes.com -----Original Message----- [mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net]On Behalf Of PJ Rattenbury Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 5:27 PM Subject: [Paddlewise] Rescue Streamer G'day all; I have carried a SEE/RESCUE streamer attached to my PFD for several years. Wouldn't go to sea without it, along with other 'passive' backup items such as dye, and a mirror. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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