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

[sandy sobanski]

my friend just bought a cheap great solar waterproof flashlight. they should make the kayak lights solar.


--- On Tue, 5/20/08, bonnie13 at earthlink.net <bonnie13 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: bonnie13 at earthlink.net <bonnie13 at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: NYCkayaker Lights... I'm going back to Kenya
> To: "Gordon,Peter" <pgordon at exchange.tc.columbia.edu>, "nyckayaker" <NYCkayaker at rockandwater.net>
> Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 3:40 PM
> My most recent addition to my various lights has been a
> "Seattle Sports Hydrostar Multi-Strobe". It
> almost does that. 
> 
> http://www.rutabaga.com/product.asp?pid=1010902
> 
> It works as a split red-green, 360 degree white or strobe. 
> I already have a Teklite split bow light, but it looked
> great for a white for the back deck - it's got a big
> suction-cup base, sits up a few inches over your back deck
> & the design actually sits the led's up inside a
> clear plastic dome. There's a little box to screen the
> red from the green & since I never intend to use it
> that way, the first thing I did was rip that out so nothing
> obscures the 360 degree shine. 
> 
> Finally used it the other day and of all my lights it's
> absolutely the most visible - but I want to come up with
> some sort of little baffle (maybe just a strategically
> placed piece of duct tape) to keep it from being quite so
> 360. 
> 
> I felt pretty visible, but it messed with my night vision
> when I looked back over my shoulder, which I do very
> regularly to see if there are boats approaching behind me. 
> 
> Lighting up the paddler unfortunately means light shining
> in the paddler's eyes - being able to see well yourself
> is also important for night paddling(see my earlier point
> about not assuming others will see you). 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: "Gordon, Peter"
> <pgordon at exchange.tc.columbia.edu>
> >Sent: May 20, 2008 1:48 PM
> >To: nyckayaker <NYCkayaker at rockandwater.net>
> >Subject: Re: NYCkayaker Lights... I'm going back to
> Kenya
> >
> >I wonder if lights might be more effective if, instead
> of pointing out as a miniscule pinpoint of light to other
> boats, rather that they pointed inward and lit up the
> paddler in the kayak.  This would be a very large surface
> area that would be  moving with every stroke of the paddle.
>  I once saw a similar design for a bicycle light that lit up
> the rider, but it never seemed to take hold.
> > 
> >Peter Gordon, Associate Professor
> >525 W 120th St. Box 180
> >Biobehavioral Sciences Department
> >Teachers College, Columbia University
> >New York, NY 10027
> >Office Phone: (212) 678-8162
> >FAX: (212) 678-8233
> >Web Page: www.tc.edu/faculty/index.htm?facid=pg328
> >
> >________________________________
> >
> >From: nyckayaker-bounces at rockandwater.net on behalf of
> David Gottlieb
> >Sent: Tue 5/20/2008 1:38 PM
> >To: dragonsandy1 at yahoo.com; nyckayaker;
> bonnie13 at earthlink.net
> >Subject: Re: NYCkayaker Lights... I'm going back to
> Kenya
> >
> >
> >
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