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Originally Posted by Kamper
All my common sense isnt gong to save you if I cant see you at night. Having appropriate lights would have increased the lead time that could have allowed all the involved operators to avoid a dangerous situation.
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Kamper-I agree with you, my comment was more directed at the comments regarding the laws around what a Kayak legally needs to do to be out at night. So yes, the operator of the boat that hit the kayak could have the commonsense of 10 people and it would not have helped, since the kayak is virtually invisible.
I kayak and I boat at night, I have not kayaked at night but if I did I don't think the one light is enough even if its legal, but yes its better than no light.
while I am at it... I will pass along that I saw a marine patrol stop two kayaks sat night, one had no lights and the other one the guy was wearing a headlamp, I guess they missed this thread. It looked like the the marine patrol was going to escort them home.