well, since you cant practice with these flares, hare a (very small)
movie of one of these bad guys:

http://www.painswessex.com/?Menu=51&...ea.asp&ID=1027

Matt

On 22 Nov 2004 19:04:41 -0800, (Matt Lang) wrote:

well, since you cant practice with these flares, hare a (very small)
movie of one of these bad guys:

http://www.painswessex.com/?Menu=51&...ea.asp&ID=1027

OHHHHH - AAHHHHHHH.....

Oh wait, no kaboom at the end with pretty sparklies...

BOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

Later,

Tom

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote in message . ..
On 22 Nov 2004 19:04:41 -0800, (Matt Lang) wrote:

well, since you cant practice with these flares, hare a (very small)
movie of one of these bad guys:

http://www.painswessex.com/?Menu=51&...ea.asp&ID=1027

OHHHHH - AAHHHHHHH.....

Oh wait, no kaboom at the end with pretty sparklies...

BOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

Later,

Tom

yeah I know it sucks that people who can play with solas flares
without getting fined produce 2 second movies in paperstamp size!

But its the only one i have ever seen

Matt

(Matt Lang) wrote in message . com...
well, since you cant practice with these flares, hare a (very small)
movie of one of these bad guys:

http://www.painswessex.com/?Menu=51&...ea.asp&ID=1027

Matt

Movie does not do it justice. I fired an expired one on a training
exercise. Talk about bright! Makes the CG approved stuff look like a
joke.

(BigBadJohn) wrote in message . com...
(Matt Lang) wrote in message . com...
well, since you cant practice with these flares, hare a (very small)
movie of one of these bad guys:

http://www.painswessex.com/?Menu=51&...ea.asp&ID=1027

Matt

Movie does not do it justice. I fired an expired one on a training
exercise. Talk about bright! Makes the CG approved stuff look like a
joke.

Absolutely! I tried one of the small handheld $5 flares and they are
totally useless.... I carry parachute flares from now on.

Also cool are the white ones. I have one white flare with 200.000 cd.
This is ideal for any sort of night search activity.

matt

On 23 Nov 2004 08:57:33 -0800, (BigBadJohn) wrote:

Movie does not do it justice. I fired an expired one on a training
exercise. Talk about bright! Makes the CG approved stuff look like a
joke.

==============================================

Absolutely right, they are impressive. Anyone who wants to see a live
demo should seek out a local safety at sea seminar. SOLAS flares are
usually just part of that. I've been to a couple on Long Island Sound
where the USCG gave helicopter rescue demonstrations, and actual tug
boat captains described things on the water from their perspective.

Well worth attending if you can find one.

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 19:57:10 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On 23 Nov 2004 08:57:33 -0800, (BigBadJohn) wrote:

Movie does not do it justice. I fired an expired one on a training
exercise. Talk about bright! Makes the CG approved stuff look like a
joke.

==============================================

Absolutely right, they are impressive.

Once upon a time, I could go through five parachute flares a night.
:)

Later,

Tom

On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:06:54 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Once upon a time, I could go through five parachute flares a night.

===========================

But we were younger then...

Wayne.B wrote:

On 23 Nov 2004 08:57:33 -0800, (BigBadJohn) wrote:


Movie does not do it justice. I fired an expired one on a training
exercise. Talk about bright! Makes the CG approved stuff look like a
joke.


==============================================

Absolutely right, they are impressive. Anyone who wants to see a live
demo should seek out a local safety at sea seminar. SOLAS flares are
usually just part of that. I've been to a couple on Long Island Sound
where the USCG gave helicopter rescue demonstrations, and actual tug
boat captains described things on the water from their perspective.

Well worth attending if you can find one.


Perfectly legal (here) to fire the white illuminating one at an
organised training event.

http://www.painswessex.com/?Menu=17&...ts.asp&ID=1022

Over here its fairly simple for any club to arrange hands on practice.
The RNLI is keen to get the safety message out and can send you someone
to give a lecture and demo. There are other ways of arranging a demo as
well.

I've fired a couple in practice and we also tried a buoyant orange
smoke. Tha maybe wasnt so smart with an onshore breeze :-)

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On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 21:45:38 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:06:54 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Once upon a time, I could go through five parachute flares a night.

===========================

But we were younger then...

So true.

Later,

Tom