Quoting Darryl <Darryl.Johnson_at_sympatico.ca>: >> Well, of course one needs to be diligent and alert and not assume the other >> person is. Some of the issues you raise might be valid for navigation >> purposes, but my post referred to the legalities of navigation signals (they >> aren't all lights, you know) and liability issues after an incident. If the >> opposing team can show that your vessel, regardless of intent, displayed the >> wrong signals, they can move at least some of the liability to you. >> >> Craig Jungers >> Royal City, WA > > As with many of the discussions on Paddlewise, I'm finding this one > to be quite interesting. > > As someone who paddles rarely at night, and then generally in quiet > backwaters, I've not really paid much attention to night lighting. > I've tried a headlamp, but they blind other paddlers when you turn to > say something to them. I own one of the white light on a suction cup > with a 6 or 8 inch "tower" that I've used on my back deck (too much > light for me to have a hope of seeing anything outside of the small > circle of illumination when it's in front of me), but that only works > well when all the other paddlers are in front of me so they don't get > blinded by it. After reading all the e-mails about rules and regs (gag me matey) and the advisability of wrapping your kayak in Christmas lights when paddling at night, I've decided to take the road more traveled, turn my kayak into a marigold planter, and take up macrame. I swear on a stack of Seakayaker magazines. Brad Crain *************************************************************************** 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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