Date:         Thu, 30 Mar 2000 10:06:52 -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
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
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David,
Red, Orange, and Bright Yellow will also show up better in white cap
conditions that and White Kayak.

I do have a Yellow Kayak but wish it was red after reading a Coast Guard
report on the color that Great White Sharks prefer: they named it "yum yum
yellow"!!

Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, March 30, 2000 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: A word about kayaks, was: Re: Kayak Transport on a Westy


>At 11:25 3/30/2000, Davidson wrote:
>>David,
>>Generally great advice, except the color white....
>>I some conditions white is not very helpful.... like fog!
>
>Ah, Bill -- in the fog we just put our heads down in the radar and never
>look out the window.  Kayaks don't show up on radar unless they're carrying
>a reflector (which I've never seen) so it doesn't matter what color they
>are. <g>
>
>Well actually I don't do it that way, but a lot of folks do.  I almost lost
>Scamp in collision with a 40-ft express cruiser in a full quarter-mile
>visibility -- we were circling a buoy while we got our act together for the
>next leg into the cotton, and he was doing buoy-to-buoy by radar at 25
>knots.  Moral, be darn careful hanging around buoys in the fog.
>
>david
>David Beierl - Providence, RI
>  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
>'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
>'85 GL "Poor Relation"
>