At 11:25 3/30/2000, Davidson wrote:
>David,
>Generally great advice, except the color white....
>I some conditions white is not very helpful.... like fog!

Ah, Bill -- in the fog we just put our heads down in the radar and never
look out the window.  Kayaks don't show up on radar unless they're carrying
a reflector (which I've never seen) so it doesn't matter what color they
are. <g>

Well actually I don't do it that way, but a lot of folks do.  I almost lost
Scamp in collision with a 40-ft express cruiser in a full quarter-mile
visibility -- we were circling a buoy while we got our act together for the
next leg into the cotton, and he was doing buoy-to-buoy by radar at 25
knots.  Moral, be darn careful hanging around buoys in the fog.

david
David Beierl - Providence, RI
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