[Please remove all old content that is not pertinent to your reply including old headers and footers. It's list policy.... this post was modified to meet policy] Peter Thanks for the insight on the situation in NSW. As I understand it, the NSW (State) Government has put out a 'Code of Conduct' for rowers & paddlers which, although un-enforced, explicitly claims to be a standard for 'good seamanship'. Having stated this officially, there is little doubt that any civil or coroner's court would frown an anyone not meeting this C-of-C's standards. That is an interesting approach - and one I've not encountered before. In this area, regulators usually set themselves up to issue deterrents of the 'speeding ticket' type - of an immediate & painful nature - rather than simply wait for a court to chastise the survivors ;-) Do most night-time paddlers comply ? Do your 'relatively low-luminance' lights meet the 0,54 nm (1 km) requirements ? Do you find them effective at keeping other boats at bay ? Best Regards Paul *************************************************************************** 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 Jul 01 2009 - 04:19:16 PDT
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