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Re: To add to this....
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 9/2/2009, 5:22 pm
In Response To: To add to this.... (Robert N Pruden)

: If you are going to carry rescue flares, make sure they are parachute flares.
: They have to stay in the air long enough for someone to notice. Carrying a
: marine VHF radio helps, too!

: Robert N Pruden

Actually I prefer 12 gauge meteor flares, easier to carry, safer to fire from a small boat and are a bunch cheaper than parachute flares so you can carry many more.

Bill H.

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Paddle: "Stiff in the turns". And an anecdote.
Roger Van Couwenberghe -- 9/1/2009, 4:19 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 9/1/2009, 9:04 pm
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etienne Muller -- 9/7/2009, 4:41 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/8/2009, 12:50 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 9/9/2009, 6:59 pm
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Scott Fitzgerrell -- 9/9/2009, 8:18 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 9/9/2009, 8:23 pm
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Scott Fitzgerrell -- 9/10/2009, 12:42 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 9/10/2009, 6:02 pm
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Scott Fitzgerrell -- 9/10/2009, 6:23 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/10/2009, 5:39 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/2/2009, 5:22 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 9/2/2009, 5:37 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/3/2009, 10:00 am