Re: [Paddlewise] How to ruin a perfectly good paddling day...

From: John Fereira <jaf30_at_cornell.edu>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:11:21 -0400
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At 06:43 PM 7/30/2007, Jackie Myers wrote:
>Craig Jungers wrote:
>
>>http://news.bostonherald.com/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1014133
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>
>Glow sticks are your friends.  Especially on a 1:00 a.m. paddle.

I've posted about an incident that I was involved with here before 
but essentially I was doing a full moon paddle with a group when most 
the paddlers had head lamps.  Flashing them at a boat that was 
approaching in our direction didn't seem to make a difference.  When 
he was about 200' away and still on a collision course I blew my Fox 
Storm whistle as loud as I good and that finally got the boat 
operators attention..  The powerboat wasn't going fast but he 
obviously wasn't watching where he was going either.

For those that have plastic boats, placing a bright flashlight inside 
the cockpit  lights up the boat rather nicely, especially if the boat 
is yellow.

John Fereira
jaf30_at_cornell.edu
Ithaca, NY 
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