John said: > At Sebago Canoe Club, we just did a full moon paddle on Jamaica Bay > (Brooklyn) Saturday. We had 18 boats, and I was doing sweep. I REALLY > appreciated those who (like me) had a continuous white 360 degree light > on their back decks. From behind, I couldn't see those who had only > head lamps at all, nor could any of the power boaters out there. I had a similar experience this weekend. Our club, California Kayak Friends, had a full moon paddle in Channel Islands Harbor and I too was the sweep. We had a couple of new paddlers with us who couldn't keep up with the group, so we were probably about a 1/4 mile behind them. Most of the time, I couldn't see the other boats. Some people had bought real cheap chemical glow sticks and they were worthless. I was trying out a new set of lights that I had just purchased. These were made by Seattle Sports and consisted of a combination red/green light for the bow and an all around white light on a 2 foot rod for the rear. They attached via suction cup to my deck and clipped to a deck line as well. At the end of the night, people kept commenting on how visible my boat was. I have now bought a set of these for my wife's boat as well. Steve Holtzman Southern California and no relation to Seattle Sports - in fact I bought the stern light and the bow light at two different outfitters. _____________ NOD32 EMON 2429 (20070730) information _____________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system http://www.eset.com *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Jul 30 2007 - 16:43:11 PDT
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