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Hi fellas, being new to Kayaking, is there a particular height that you would suggest for the safety flag to be and is there commercial ones around? If there is what brand is recommended?

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Wedge wrote:Hi fellas, being new to Kayaking, is there a particular height that you would suggest for the safety flag to be and is there commercial ones around? If there is what brand is recommended?

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Yes there are commercial ones around.

My original flag & whip/pole was a bike flag bought from Kmart. I only used the top half of the whip which I attached to my lightpole so it sat up about 1750m above the hull. The flag itself was (IMO) small, so I replaced it with a bigger one I made out of HiVis vest.
My new flag is a Railblaza flag whip. It's 1200mm tall. The flag itself is a bit on the small side again but I'm sticking with it for the time being.

I'd suggest the height of your flag to be 1 meter minimum to 2 meters maximum.
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Thanks HaTTerS for the information, I will take it on board.

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Ghurkin wrote:
cheaterparts wrote:just to add to the flag thread - I was out from Corinella a couple of saturdays ago and the wind got up and yes it was bumpy

a mate was out in his stink boat and saw me heading in it seams he picked me out by the orange work safety shirt I wear and my white paddles
my yellow kayak wasn't the first thing that he noticed and he was at a 90 deg angle to my kayak so had the most amount of yak was in veiw
with the seas being quite bumpy and the yak being close to the water it became invisable - this would have changed as he got closer
it seams the paddling with the white paddles stood out the best on the day but of cause it was over cast and the water would have looked dark

after noticing the paddles or that got his attention then my work shirt was noticed - it seams then he saw my white fishing hat so figured it was me

I thought it was interesting on what showed up first or got the attention of someone in a boat
Some good info there cheater :up:
Ive often thought a cheap easy diy especially if your paddling at night would be to attach orange reflectors to both sides of each paddle blade, it would certainly show up at night
Good points here I wonder if fluro paint on the blades would hold and make the yak more visible, the movement of the blade through the air would help get attention.

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riv wrote:
Ghurkin wrote:
cheaterparts wrote:just to add to the flag thread - I was out from Corinella a couple of saturdays ago and the wind got up and yes it was bumpy

a mate was out in his stink boat and saw me heading in it seams he picked me out by the orange work safety shirt I wear and my white paddles
my yellow kayak wasn't the first thing that he noticed and he was at a 90 deg angle to my kayak so had the most amount of yak was in veiw
with the seas being quite bumpy and the yak being close to the water it became invisable - this would have changed as he got closer
it seams the paddling with the white paddles stood out the best on the day but of cause it was over cast and the water would have looked dark

after noticing the paddles or that got his attention then my work shirt was noticed - it seams then he saw my white fishing hat so figured it was me

I thought it was interesting on what showed up first or got the attention of someone in a boat
Some good info there cheater :up:
Ive often thought a cheap easy diy especially if your paddling at night would be to attach orange reflectors to both sides of each paddle blade, it would certainly show up at night
Good points here I wonder if fluro paint on the blades would hold and make the yak more visible, the movement of the blade through the air would help get attention.

Cheers
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GoneFishn wrote:So are you going to be swinging your paddle above your head while your pedaling :x

Dude I'll stick reflectors to my nipples if I thought it would help, oh wait, Ive already done that :oops:
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GoneFishn wrote: So are you going to be swinging your paddle above your head while your pedaling :x
Not me mate I was thinking out loud for those of us that paddle however keep in mind I do have the Dag Tiwok that the missus paddles.

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Wow that truly makes a difference
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