In a message dated 5/30/2004 6:41:11 AM Pacific Daylight Time, JFarrelly5_at_comcast.net writes: > I keep > three of those fairly useless small red flares in there in a dry bag. > Once a year I shoot them off and buy new ones. Every year only one works. I use the pencil flares. They are screw on cylinders that fit atop a spring loaded launcher. They are bright and high flying. In all my yearly flare retirement launches I have yet to see one fail. The *fairly worthless red flares* you mention maybe the same as the fairly worthless red flares I used to buy. they fail at about the 60-65% ratio, too. I keep a small waterproof hard case in my pfd pocket with the flares and launcher. It also keeps my vitamin I, tums, epoxy filler and duct tape. They may present an issue in retrieving and screwing on in heavy seas, but at least they work. They are waterproof, so I might store a preloaded one in a cigar tube. I make absolutely certain no contact between the primer and firing pin is made. When in need I can tighten the flare onto launcher and slide the firing pin back and fire. I'm not particularly recommending this, as it can be dangerous, I'm just stating how I solved the problem of highly unreliable flares stored on ones person. Any one bought a shoulder or chest holster and mounted the orange 12 guage flare pistol in it? Thought about it for about 3 seconds and then the Dirty Harry comparisons one will likely receive at every launch and landing would be too much. Rob G *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jun 01 2004 - 10:35:52 PDT
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