{"id":16742,"date":"2011-07-13T00:01:59","date_gmt":"2011-07-13T05:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=16742"},"modified":"2011-07-12T09:05:08","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T14:05:08","slug":"enhancing-visibility-like-the-big-guys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/enhancing-visibility-like-the-big-guys\/","title":{"rendered":"Enhancing Visibility Like The Big Guys"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When it comes to being seen by other traffic nothing beats reflective orange. It shows up better than any other color in fog and rain, and is amazing when lit \u00a0up at night. Many ships are so adorned, and the practice makes sense for yachts too.<\/p>\n

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\"Improving<\/p>\n

By coincidence we photographed these two MSC container ships at different times.<\/p>\n

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Notice that both the breakwater forward and bridge are striped.<\/p>\n

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On WInd Horse<\/em> we have orange reflecting tape on the mast forward and the boom ends.<\/p>\n

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We also have it on the dinghies. You can buy a 3M product at McMaster Carr and in many large hardware stores. This is the ideal material for the upper \u00a0portion of a sailboat mast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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