Joe wrote: - >If long distances are involved I carry a lung-powered foghorn sold by, >among others, West Marine. It's a short plastic tube you blow into from >the side to make a plastic diaphragm flutter. G'Day Joe, The foghorn sounds like the sort of thing I'm looking for. Is it small enough to fit in a PFD pocket? Peter Rattenbury and I tested the Fox 40 whistle some years ago and very roughly speaking we found it was audible to about 300m when facing into a breeze, which coincided with the limit of visibility for sighting an olive green Klepper kayak in a 2m swell. I'ld be interested if people have similar or more accurate data. All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Dec 29 2004 - 14:31:31 PST
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