Hanging onto your capsized boat can help, but in rough conditions with your very low position in the water, it is still very difficult. Reasons Why You Should Carry Flaresįirst of all, you need to understand that capsized paddlers in the water are very difficult for rescuers to see.
So, back to the original question, as a paddler, should you or shouldn’t you carry flares. Of course none of this really impacts individual paddlers in boats under 6m who aren’t required to carry them anyways.
They have also found that the lack of flares has not been identified as a primary contributing factor in boating fatalities in recent years and as such Transport Canada is proposing an option to reduce the number of mandatory flares for larger vessels. This question often comes up, do you need to carry flares with you, especially with many paddlers now carrying cell phones, VHF radios, PLB’s and satellite messengers? In fact, the Transport Canada Small Boating Regulations don’t require you to carry any kind of visual signaling device unless you are in a boat over 6m in length, (many double kayaks), and only when they are more than 1 nautical mile offshore.Īlso, according to Transport Canada, the recreational boating community and enforcement agencies have expressed concern over the difficulty of dealing with expired flares and the environmental impact resulting from their disposal.
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