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Re: Safety colours
By:Timothy - Toronto, Ontario
Date: 8/4/1998, 9:58 am
In Response To: Re: Safety colours (Roger Tulk)

Surely you can appreciate that being pulled from the drink by even the most courteous motor boater would be a humiliating experience. (It would be just my luck to be picked up by a drunken yahoo although, thankfully, they are a vanishing breed on the waterways.) The motor boats are a kayaker's worst enemy and best friend on Lake Ontario. The noise ruins everything, the wakes can be a real problem, and there are still maroons who like to play games with smaller craft. On the other hand, if I can't get back into my kayak, I'm almost guaranteed to be rescued by a motor boater. The motor boaters, in turn have to put up with practically invisible kayaks who like to sit smack in the middle of the busiest traffic flow, travel in erratic paths, etc. So a bit of ambivalence is natural.

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