If you're going to paddle at night (or anytime when there is a lot of boat
traffic) carry a loud whistle.

If it is large, fast traffic, I suggest one of those canned air horns under
the front straps. Use this first and keep the whistle connected to your vest
as a back-up. We may not be "Big" in the grand scheme of things but we can
at least sound big.

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"John Fereira" wrote in message
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"Joe Pylka" wrote in
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How confident are you that you know for sure where
the boat that's going to hit you is coming from, so you can point your
light toward it?

Good question. A visible signal is only good if someone is looking in the
right direction. A few years ago about 10 of us were on a small lake for
a
moonlight paddle. All but two had headlamps. We saw a boat approaching
so
everyone looked in that direction and started shaking our heads so that
the
boat operator could see us. When it got to about 200' away I realized
that
they were not looking in our direction so I blew my very loud whistle.
That
got their attention immediately and they veered off.

If you're going to paddle at night (or anytime when there is a lot of boat
traffic) carry a loud whistle.