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Originally Posted by Seaplane Pilot
Exactly! It’s time for a law requiring safety flags for kayaks, and another law mandating common sense to kayakers and paddle boarders so they stay out of busy traffic areas. “But wait, I have just as much right as anyone to paddle anywhere I want, when I want, without the dangerous safety flag.”
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Per the victim's account:
I was wearing a day-glo yellow shirt, paddling a yellow and red and orange kayak with a 4-foot mast with an orange safety flag. I am very safety-conscious and do my best to maximize my visibility.
BTW, the 4' mast was destroyed in the collision. As was the kayak.