Paul, If you are thinking about carrying the "pencil hand held flares" forget it, they are worthless. I have tested them and found that most fail to fire. I highly recommend the pistol flares. I can pick one up for you here in Petersburg and give it to you when you come through on the ferry. Required or not I never paddle without flares or a VHS radio. bob petersburg alaska Jennifer Pivovar wrote: > On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:28 +1200, "Paul Hayward" <pdh_at_mmcl.co.nz> wrote: > ... > >> As I can't carry flares with me, flying up to Vancouver from Auckland >> next week - or indeed on the AMHS ferries going up to SE Alaska, I've >> been considering my options to help that last 'eyeball' phase of the >> search (that I sincerely trust will never eventuate;-) >> >> As far as I know, neither Canadian nor American safety regs require me >> to carry flares in a sub-6m kayak - but I always have them in my PFD >> in New Zealand - so it will feel funny not to have them in Alaska. >> >> It's also a pity to buy them & throw them away after 3 weeks... >> > > Paul - > > As far as I can recall, flares are indeed required in any 'navigable' > water in the US - that is, anyplace with Coast Guard jurisdiction > including the Great Lakes, etc. There may be an exemption for > human-powered boats during the day. I also seem to recall that the same > is true in Canada, which also requires a 10 meter tow rope. My memory > is a little hazy since I carry these all the time anyway. But don't > leave shore at night without some sort of visual distress signal, I > think they call it. > > Hopefully someone better informed will confirm or deny - > Jennifer *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Jul 09 2010 - 14:15:12 PDT
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