Re: [Paddlewise] Kayak Navigation Lights

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 6:45 AM, Carey Parks <carey_at_jimparksfamily.com>wrote:

>
> I feel it's the paddlers responsibility to make the motor boat realize they
> are there, and don't want to trust that job to a fixed white light. I want
> to be able to be as frantic as necessary in attracting the attention of the
> boater, and sometimes it's helpful to turn the light onto myself to show
> what I am.
>

I don't think this is unreasonable and think it's exactly what the Rules
intended.

>
> That said, we do affix chemical glow sticks to our hats and/or use other
> dim
> markers that allow the other paddlers to keep track of members of the group
> without harming anyone's night vision.
>
> We do the same when we are purposely going out knowing we'll be night
paddling but don't always do it. Frankly, a lot of my night paddling is
alone and the rest is when I can talk my wife into it and keeping track of
one other paddler isn't that difficult to do. We have found that not all
chemical light sticks are the same as some are brighter than others. Some of
the units sold around our 4th of July barely glow at all.

Craig Jungers
Moses Lake, WA
www.nwkayaking.net
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