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Re: Safety colours
By:Roger Tulk
Date: 8/1/1998, 12:51 pm
In Response To: Re: Safety colours (Timothy - Toronto, Ontario)

> According to my memory of the Canadian Coast Guard's advice,
> blue and white are the worst colours. Invisible in waves. Dayglo orange
> is the best for bright light, and reflective lime green is the best
> for dim light or night

Shurely you could save yourself the pain and embarrassment of painting your boat day-glo orange, by purchasing a large day-glo orange safety flag which can be displayed, waved around or floated on the water if you capsize. I bought one, along with some flares, once for a friend of mine who boated in the 30,000 Islands. My motorboat is blue and white, but only because I couldn't get the gunmetal colour I wanted for the topsides. I have flares, flags, and a very loud air horn for if I get into trouble. The air horn can go with me in the kayak (when I get it built.)

(BTW, Timothy, when I'm out [on Lake Ontario] fishing from the motorboat I never drink before or during boating, and I'm the very soul of courtesy and etiquette, so if you take a spill near me, I'll have to find a drunken, obnoxious power boater to rescue you. :-> After all, we power boaters have a reputation to maintain. (remembering your first post to us, and ))

Messages In This Thread

Stitch and glue kayak almost done
David Semrad -- 7/20/1998, 3:47 am
Re: Stitch and glue kayak almost done
Paul Lund -- 7/20/1998, 4:35 am
Re: Stitch and glue kayak almost done
Nick Schade -- 7/20/1998, 4:01 pm
Re: Paint
Mark Kanzler -- 7/20/1998, 4:15 pm
Re: Stitch and glue kayak almost done
David Semrad -- 7/20/1998, 5:03 am
Re: Stitch and glue kayak almost done
Nick Schade -- 7/20/1998, 3:58 pm
Re: Stitch and glue kayak almost done
Paul Lund -- 7/20/1998, 5:29 am
Re: Stitch and glue kayak almost done
David Semrad -- 7/20/1998, 7:30 am
Re: Stitch and glue kayak almost done
Martin Foil -- 7/20/1998, 1:40 pm
Re: Stitch and glue kayak almost done
David Semrad -- 7/23/1998, 1:26 pm
Re: Hatch Covers
Paul Lund -- 7/20/1998, 9:10 am
Re: Safety colours
Timothy - Toronto, Ontario -- 7/23/1998, 8:42 am
Re: Safety colours
Roger Tulk -- 8/1/1998, 12:51 pm
Re: Safety colours
Timothy - Toronto, Ontario -- 8/4/1998, 9:58 am
Re: Safety colours
Roger Tulk -- 8/4/1998, 8:24 pm
Re: Fireball Sailboats
Mark Kanzler -- 8/5/1998, 10:34 am
Re: Fireball Sailboats
Roger tulk -- 8/5/1998, 5:02 pm
Re: Fireball Sailboats
Timothy - Toronto, Ontario -- 8/6/1998, 8:20 am
Coast hugging kayakers
Roger Tulk -- 8/6/1998, 3:15 pm
Re: Powerboat Rescues
Mark Kanzler -- 8/6/1998, 11:22 am
Re: Powerboat Rescues
John Lange -- 8/6/1998, 11:42 am
Re: Fireball Sailboats
Mark Kanzler -- 8/5/1998, 5:46 pm
Re: Punk in Drublic (powerboaters)
Mark Kanzler -- 8/4/1998, 11:39 am
Re: Punks not dead
Timothy - Toronto, Ontario -- 8/11/1998, 9:03 am
Re: Punks not dead
Roger Tulk -- 8/13/1998, 11:44 am
Re: Punks not dead
Mark Kanzler -- 8/11/1998, 3:19 pm
Re: Punk in Drublic (Sailing regatas)
NPenney -- 8/10/1998, 11:29 am
Re: Punk in Drublic (Sailing regatas)
Mark Kanzler -- 8/10/1998, 5:07 pm
Re: Punk in Drublic (Sailing regatas)
NPenney -- 8/11/1998, 8:05 am
Re: Rules of the road - link
Timothy - Toronto, Ontario -- 8/13/1998, 1:10 pm
Re: Punk in Drublic (Sailing regattas)
Mark Kanzler -- 8/11/1998, 3:11 pm
Re: Punk in Drublic (Sailing regatas)
Mark Kanzler -- 8/11/1998, 3:03 pm
Re: Cocky sail boaters
NPenney -- 8/12/1998, 1:18 pm
Re: Cocky sail boaters
Mark Kanzler -- 8/12/1998, 1:41 pm
Re: Cocky sail boaters
NPenney -- 8/12/1998, 2:23 pm
Re: Cocky commercial boaters
Mark Kanzler -- 8/13/1998, 2:45 pm
Re: engaged in fishing or restricted in menuevering!
NPenney -- 8/14/1998, 6:45 am
Re: Cocky sail boaters
Roger Tulk -- 8/14/1998, 12:20 am
...and furthermore...
Roger Tulk -- 8/14/1998, 9:26 pm
Re: Right of ways
NPenney -- 8/13/1998, 1:27 pm
Re: Right of ways
Mark Kanzler -- 8/13/1998, 1:59 pm
Re: Rights of way
Roger Tulk -- 8/13/1998, 11:03 pm
Re: Cocky sail boaters
Mark Kanzler -- 8/13/1998, 1:18 pm
Re: Cocky sail boaters
Drew Lebauer -- 8/12/1998, 1:48 pm
Re: Safety colours
Mark Kanzler -- 7/23/1998, 11:05 am
Re: Cyalume sticks
Mike McCrea -- 7/23/1998, 3:07 pm
Re: Cyalume sticks
Timothy - Toronto, Ontario -- 7/24/1998, 8:48 am
Re: Cyalume sticks
NPenney -- 7/24/1998, 7:25 am
Re: Cyalume sticks
Mike McCrea -- 7/24/1998, 11:15 am
Re: Cyalume sticks
David Walker -- 7/24/1998, 11:13 am
Re: Cyalume stick Rejuvenation.
Mark Kanzler -- 7/24/1998, 5:05 pm
Re: Cyalume sticks
Mark Kanzler -- 7/23/1998, 4:15 pm
Re: Hatch Covers
Mark Bodnar -- 7/20/1998, 10:43 pm
Re: Hatch Covers - water pooling....
Tor-Henrik Furmyr -- 7/22/1998, 4:23 pm
Re: Hatch Covers - water pooling....
Mark Kanzler -- 7/22/1998, 5:46 pm
Re: Hatch Covers - water pooling....
NPenney -- 7/23/1998, 8:42 am
Re: Hatch Covers - water pooling....
Mark Kanzler -- 7/23/1998, 10:39 am
Re: Hatch Covers - water pooling....
NPenney -- 7/24/1998, 6:53 am
Re: Hatch Covers - water pooling....
Mark Kanzler -- 7/24/1998, 5:10 pm
Re: Hatch Covers - water pooling....
NPenney -- 7/27/1998, 11:29 am
Re: Hatch Covers - water pooling....
Mark Kanzler -- 7/24/1998, 5:34 pm
Re: Hatch Covers
Paul Lund -- 7/22/1998, 5:31 am
Re: peaked deck Hatch Covers
Steve Bradbury -- 7/22/1998, 6:44 am
Re: Hold down for hatch
Tor-Henrik Furmyr -- 7/22/1998, 4:36 pm
Re: Choosing colors for safety
Mark Kanzler -- 7/21/1998, 12:22 am
Re: Choosing colors for safety
David Walker -- 7/20/1998, 5:26 pm
Re: Choosing colors for safety
Mark Kanzler -- 7/20/1998, 5:43 pm
Re: Choosing colors for safety
jim champoux -- 7/21/1998, 11:27 am
Re: Choosing colors for safety
Mark Kanzler -- 7/21/1998, 1:37 pm
Re: Choosing colors for safety
paul lund -- 7/20/1998, 7:03 pm
Re: Choosing colors for safety
Bram van der Sluys -- 7/20/1998, 11:29 pm
Re: Choosing colors for safety
Mark Kanzler -- 7/21/1998, 10:49 am
Re: Choosing colors for safety
npenney@erols.com -- 7/22/1998, 7:43 pm
Re: Choosing colors for safety
Mark Kanzler -- 7/23/1998, 10:23 am
Re: Choosing colors for safety
NPenney -- 7/24/1998, 7:21 am
Re: Choosing colors for safety
Mark Kanzler -- 7/24/1998, 5:40 pm
Re: Choosing colors for safety
Adrian J. Gordon -- 7/24/1998, 2:05 pm