NYCkayaker Lights... I'm going back to Kenya

[David Gottlieb]

Thought I wouldn't chime in on the light issue, but I've had it....

When I was in Kenya this winter I was on Kilifi Bay and in the Indian Ocean
at night. Small boats don't even have lights. The dugouts don't have lights,
the sailing dhows don't have lights, but everyone seems to manage without a
million rules and regs. Of course, if I go back to Kenya I will bring my
lights.... I'd hate to hit a croc at night and go under. But that's my
choice. Of course the USA isn't Kenya.

Oh well.... In the meantime, I am going to design some high-powered LED
lights that can be mounted on my deck lines. Red and green up and down the
deck line. One click of the switch will turn them on. Another click will
make them blink slowly and another click will make them blink rapidly.
Wonder if I could market this. (Yes, I'll still have my white light on the
stern, and my larger green and red light on the bow, but I'll be lit up like
a Christmas tree when needed.)

David


On 5/20/08 12:20 PM, "sandy sobanski" <dragonsandy1 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm going to just light my boat up on fire out there.
> Sandy
> 
> 
> --- On Mon, 5/19/08, bonnie13 at earthlink.net <bonnie13 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>> From: bonnie13 at earthlink.net <bonnie13 at earthlink.net>
>> Subject: Re: NYCkayaker Lights...
>> To: "nyckayaker" <NYCkayaker at rockandwater.net>
>> Date: Monday, May 19, 2008, 7:50 PM
>> oops - dropped half a sentence. "I'm going to say
>> it for anyone who might be reading" was supposed to
>> continue "who might be a less experienced
>> paddler". 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: bonnie13 at earthlink.net
>>> Sent: May 19, 2008 6:41 PM
>>> To: nyckayaker <NYCkayaker at rockandwater.net>
>>> Subject: NYCkayaker Lights...
>>> 
>>> Well, things started making more sense when Dan, I
>> think it was, said that his take was that what was being
>> said was that the strobe could be used to avert an imminent
>> collision - and Ralph's wrapup was beautiful.
>>> 
>>> There's one more important point that I haven't
>> seen covered for all the discussion - and I suspect it's
>> probably because everybody who's chimed in so far is an
>> experienced paddler & this is as ingrained as power
>> face faces back for them. I'm going to say it for
>> anyone who might be reading
>>> 
>>> It doesn't matter how well-lighted we are -
>> we're very small, and it's a very big, busy, and
>> light-filled harbor.
>>> 
>>> The amount of lights that a kayak can carry with
>> practicality just isn't a lot.
>>> 
>>> I think it's a good idea to light yourself well,
>> but I also think it's an equally good idea to assume
>> that you are invisible anyways. Don't count on your
>> lights to get you noticed - there's always the chance
>> they won't. 
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