G'day Craig, A single clearly visible navigation light is mandatory at night for a kayak in New South Wales waters and I believe that is what the ColRegs require for a vessel under oars (I guess a paddle for this purpose is an oar). A red light for port and a green one for starboard is also recommended but not mandatory for kayaks and its really hard to find a good water proof set so most of us don't use the port and starboard lights just one or two white lights. I've no reason to believe that Australia doesn't comply with ColRegs and would be very suprised if NZ didn't comply. I wasn't following the discussion closely enough so may have missed the instance in which NZ appeared to be going their own way re ColRegs? Was that the case? BTW enjoyed your strategy for defusing a bar room brawl! 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 Jun 24 2009 - 05:30:46 PDT
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