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Re: running lights thread
Posted By: risto In Response To: Re: running lights thread (M.Hamilton)
Date: Monday, 18 December 2000, at 3:28 a.m.
: A radar reflactor would be very wise also, as ships radar
: is usually ver good, but in a chop it might not see you.Yes, a radar reflector would warn at least the larger and better equipped vessels of one's presence. Have these been discussed lately on this board? I know the ones designed for sailing boats certainly are no option. But nor is the crushed beer can held by a deck bungie the optimal solution.
: My problem lies in the
: rationalised, willfull disregard of the Rules in using emergency
: signalling devices as a running light. This is foolish I think.Couldn't agree more, Capt'n!
:Hey what if we all did our own neat little twist with
: lights? What if every town you drove through had it's own traffic signals,
: lights etc?yes, wouldn't that make life interesting... and short?
: is those powerboaters who've saved the lives of many sea kayakers where
: live who are DRUNK with ignorance. I like kayakers very much, but we need
: not kid ourselves. We cause problems for others at times due to lack of
: skill or knowledge.Maybe the trouble with kayakers is two-fold: there are the hard core individualists who seemingly always must do things their own special way, and then the many beginners who probably never realize what the wonderful new world really can be like that they so happily have just paddled into.
the "don't worry - be happy" attitude has its time and place, but not at sea and at all times.
: The sharpened tones from me are a result of my frustration in trying to help
: fellow paddlers understand things from another perspective.I'm sure this is widely appreciated among the readers of these threads.
thanks for my part,
risto
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