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Are Your Dragon Boat Lights Bright Enough?

1/28/2015

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Visible lighting is required on all DSUSA boats.

We have had reports of boats with inadequate lighting this year. With the increased number of boats outside of our marina, this is all the more important now. Please note that lights must be bright enough to be clearly visible from 100 yards away.

Lights are required anytime the sun drops below the West Hills or behind the Waterfront Condos, which is shortly after 5:00 pm right now. It may still appear light outside but a cloudy sky can make things darker very quickly. We need to be safe and keep the boats as visible as possible.

The DSUSA Safety Rules & Guidelines state:

Red and green bow lights and a white stern light must be displayed on DSUSA boats used between sunset and sunrise and during any other period of limited visibility. Lights should be bright enough to be visible from at least 100 yards away. 

Teams in violation of the Safety Rules & Guidelines may be penalized, fined, or even suspended.

The DSUSA Team Boat Rental Terms state:

Teams must provide their own lights for paddling between sunset and sunrise. 

There are a few marine supply stores in Portland that carry lights that will work with dragon boats or you can do an online search for "portable navigation lights" and come up with many reasonably-priced options.

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Bridge City Blood Dive

1/19/2015

 
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Bridge City Paddling Club invites DragonSports to join it for its very first blood drive! Friends, family and first-time donors, are all welcome.

Eligibility requirements can be found on the American Red Cross website. Please give the Red Cross a call at 503-284-1234 if you don't find the answer to your question there.

WHEN: Saturday, February 7th
WHERE: OCHIN - 1881 SW Naito Pkwy.

For most times, there are 2 openings every 15 minutes starting at 2:15 pm through 4:45 pm. Grab a teammate or, heck, your whole team and we promise to give you cookies & juice afterwards. We're also excited to be able to offer the chance to do a double red cell donation to 1 person at 1, 3, & 4pm. Ask for details if you haven't tried this before... slightly different requirements.

Email eyeballina@yahoo.com to schedule your time. Let her know what team you are with and we'll see who ends up with the most! Practice, grab lunch, donate... sounds like a pretty good day!


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