Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 08:25:53 -0800
Reply-To: Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
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From: Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
Subject: Re: A word about kayaks, was: Re: Kayak Transport on a Westy
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David,
Generally great advice, except the color white....
I some conditions white is not very helpful.... like fog!
The best all around colors are Red, Orange, and bright Yellow.... pretty
much the same colors that highway crews would use across the country.
Also, I might add that kayak instruction is a good thing.
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, March 30, 2000 8:13 AM
Subject: A word about kayaks, was: Re: Kayak Transport on a Westy
>At 09:42 3/30/2000, Anthony L. Mourkas wrote:
>>with canoes but I must admit to being a totally ignorant first time kayak
>
>Tony, *be careful* -- it's easy to get in over your head with kayaks. Also
>easy to get run down b/c they're very hard to see from another vessel. If
>possible have kayak in high-contrast color (pref white), white paddle,
>bright high-reflective clothing. And stay away from the mouth of the
>Kennebec until you seriously know what you're doing, it's treacherous
water.
>
>I was cruising past there in Scamp some years ago when two kayakers were
>overdue -- the man was found by helo that night, the woman died and was
>recovered a day or two later. We were likely within a mile of them at some
>point. The Maine Island Trail Association (URL below) has a kayak safety
>booklet that includes an analysis of that accident. I commend [the
>booklet] to you highly. But the two standout points were that they had
>unwittingly gone beyond their experience; and that drift analysis showed
>that the man (saved) and the woman (died) were only maybe a few hundred
>feet apart when he was recovered -- he had a white boat and maybe light
>clothing, she had a dark blue boat. Another standout as I recall was that
>kayakers who got in trouble and survived very typically thought everything
>was just fine until they were suddenly in dire straits.
>
>It's a great sport, and a few people die every year...
>
>http://www.mita.org/
>http://www.destinationmaine.com/kayak/perils.htm
>
>david
>
>David Beierl - Providence, RI
> http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
>'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
>'85 GL "Poor Relation"
>
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