Wow, here we are back in the dungeon. I guess I should have known, we'd end up down here.
I really think the whole kayak visibility thing is overblown, other than that moron nighttime kayaker a few years back. I kayak in Winnipesaukee a lot, I've never felt unseen. Yes people will come too close, but they see me, they just don't care. They can't judge 150' and their boats "don't make a wake".
I would use a flag if I felt it would help. It won't visibility is not an issue. Courtesy and competence is the issue. The whole "can't right the kayak" issue is another red herring. A vanishingly small number of lake kayaks with lake kayakers can do an eskimo roll.
Really if you can't see a 12' foot long kayak from your boat, just give up boating. How can you see a swimmer, a loon, a log, a piece of wood from a dock?
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