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some flare questions
By:mike allen
Date: 7/17/2001, 1:13 pm
In Response To: Yeah, what Shawn said (Brian Nystrom)

hi brian

could you comment on how you use flares? and under what conditions do you think they would be used? in most cases would one be out of the yak? do they take 2 hands to operate? are there any that take just one hand? is it possible/likely to deploy them while swimming?
would it make any sense at all to have a small capped tube like a mast holder in or on the yak to jam in the flare and pull the pin so can hold on as well? if you glued in your ethafoam and drilled vertically down into it beside you and stored them there - is that too dumb? like a drilled end cap but beside you, or safer say just beyond the knee and slightly pointed away? or actually part of a mast step?

(or maybe some horizontal tubes out the side for when shawn gets close so we can blow him away!!)

-mick

Messages In This Thread

Flares
Don Beale -- 7/13/2001, 10:34 pm
Re: Flares
Geo. Cushing -- 7/16/2001, 5:04 pm
Re: Flares *NM*
Geo. Cushing -- 7/16/2001, 4:53 pm
Funny you should ask about flares...
Brian Nystrom -- 7/16/2001, 1:47 pm
a brief flash
Paul G. Jacobson -- 7/17/2001, 1:23 am
Oops! Yeah, it's 60-80 flashes/minute *NM*
Brian Nystrom -- 7/17/2001, 12:17 pm
Re: Funny you should ask about flares...
Don Beale -- 7/16/2001, 2:56 pm
Re: Funny you should ask about flares...
Shawn Baker -- 7/16/2001, 3:40 pm
Yeah, what Shawn said
Brian Nystrom -- 7/17/2001, 12:15 pm
some flare questions
mike allen -- 7/17/2001, 1:13 pm
Re: some flare questions
Brian Nystrom -- 7/18/2001, 1:04 pm
Re: Parachute Flares
Shawn Baker -- 7/16/2001, 10:22 am
Funny you should mention dye...
Pete Rudie -- 7/16/2001, 3:34 pm
Turning the well funny colors OT
!RUSS -- 7/17/2001, 8:01 am
Re: Holy cow!!!!! Better keep it dry in your PFD! *NM*
Shawn Baker -- 7/16/2001, 4:12 pm
Smoke and Mirrors
!RUSS -- 7/14/2001, 7:41 am
Re: Smoke and Mirrors
Rob Macks -- 7/18/2001, 5:43 pm
When it hits the fan
!RUSS -- 7/18/2001, 10:57 pm
very interesting, thanks *NM*
mike allen -- 7/19/2001, 10:47 am
BEFORE it hits the fan
Rob Macks -- 7/19/2001, 10:08 am
Ditch Kit Invitational Games Join The FUN
!RUSS -- 7/19/2001, 11:31 pm
Don't forget your bear packet+pepper spray. *NM*
John Monfoe -- 7/20/2001, 4:52 am
Its in there... Can you find it?
!RUSS -- 7/23/2001, 10:34 am
Re: rescue book
Val Wann -- 7/19/2001, 10:09 pm
Re: BEFORE it hits the fan
Rehd -- 7/19/2001, 9:58 pm
Re: Another great post Russ
Don Beale -- 7/19/2001, 2:16 am
Don't forget the flares, integrate them
!RUSS -- 7/19/2001, 7:12 am
Re: Don't forget the flares, integrate them
Paul G. Jacobson -- 7/19/2001, 11:52 pm
Re: Don't forget the flares, integrate them
!RUSS -- 7/20/2001, 12:00 am
Great Posts. I pay attention to your experience. *NM*
John Monfoe -- 7/19/2001, 6:42 am
Re: When it hits the fan
daren neufeld -- 7/18/2001, 11:44 pm
Re: Smoke and Mirrors
John Monfoe -- 7/15/2001, 4:42 am
Re: Smoke and Mirrors
!RUSS -- 7/16/2001, 9:37 am
Weather cautions
John Monfoe -- 7/18/2001, 5:47 am
Today at La Parrusse Banks..........
!RUSS -- 7/18/2001, 8:07 am
Re: Today at La Parrusse Banks..........
Brent Curtis -- 7/18/2001, 12:05 pm
Re: Today at La Parrusse Banks....OT......
!RUSS -- 7/19/2001, 11:49 pm
Re: Smoke and Mirrors
Brent Curtis -- 7/15/2001, 8:26 am
Re: Smoke and Mirrors
John Monfoe -- 7/16/2001, 6:33 am
Re: some related safety questions
erez -- 7/14/2001, 6:07 pm
EPIRB, SCUBA KNIVEs and CD Disks
!RUSS -- 7/16/2001, 9:32 am
Re: some related safety questions
Bob Kelim -- 7/14/2001, 8:37 pm
Re: signal mirror
Don Beale -- 7/14/2001, 11:12 pm
Re: some related safety questions
Guy Kaminski -- 7/14/2001, 7:29 pm
Re: Great thoughts
Don Beale -- 7/14/2001, 10:40 am