[Sportsandrec] Ideas needed!

[Lori]

For hiking they have a bear bell and it is mounted on a durable velcroe ring 
that could easily be attached to a paddle.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Audrey Farnum" <atfarnum at gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Ideas needed!


> Where did you put the bells? Seems like if you put them on your
> guide's paddle instead of the kayak, they would have to jingle every
> time the paddle came in contact with the water. I think those annoying
> jingle bellsthat you see alot on Christmas decorations could be
> mounted fairly unobtrusively on the paddle handle somewhere between
> the hand and paddle blade. Or, have you tried going in front and
> letting your guide follow and give verbal course corrections from
> behind you? I' tried kayaking once when it was too windy to row and
> that's how we did it. Of course, this was flat water and it was pretty
> quiet. Maybe background noise would make this difficult but you could
> probably get some 2 way sports radios. I know a cyclist who has some 2
> way radio headsets that allow cyclists to talk hands free. Not sure
> about the waterproof thing though. I'll keep mulling this over and let
> you know if I come up with any better ideas. Good luck.
>
> Audrey
>
> On 7/10/12, mrmikie273 at gmail.com <mrmikie273 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am trying to follow someone in a kayak. Most of this is done on the
>> ocean.
>> I have tried  different bells. But they stay silent on smooth  days. I
>> tried
>> a pocket radio but it would lose the station too often. There are dog
>> training & hunting collars. That come with a remote & most are water 
>> proof
>> &
>> work a quarter mile away & more but the starting price is at about $300
>>
>> Anyone have better idea or lower cost idea.
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
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