Re: [Paddlewise] Kayaks and Visibility

From: Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:58:31 -0700
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 6:43 PM, rebyl_kayak <
rebyl_kayak_at_energysustained.com> wrote:

>
> Hope this provides some reassurance that the rules are reasonably sensible
> for kayakers in this neck of the woods.
>
>
Hey, as long as you are happy with having two, not one but TWO, bright white
lights mounted on your kayak at night, I wish you all the best. But I have
to tell you that those "rules" do not conform to any International
convention for navigation that I know of.

And if you dont want to have every local jurisdiction in the country impose
their own ideas of whats "safe" then you might want to use that argument to
keep them from making you wear sunglasses at night.

And while Paul Hayward might assume that no agency "enforces" those ColRegs
then he's never bought voyage insurance because there are places you cannot
send a ship if you want it insured. And those places pay very high shipping
rates to those willing to undertake the risk on their own. If you want
service, then you have to play by the Rules. :)


Craig Jungers
Moses Lake, WA
www.nwkayaking.net
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