I plan to do a fair amount of lake swimming during an upcoming vacation. I'll probably do two or three boat accompanied 1500m plus swims as well as regular training swims along fairly well protected shoreline swimming laps between two boat docks. Last year I tried to tried to jerry rig a buoy to increase my visibility using a life jacket. It didn't work - kept kicking it. So this year I'm purchasing a proper buoy such a the New Wave. Does anyone have any experience finding some colors better than others? The pink one is cheapest and I'm fine with the color unless others have found it not bright enough.
Sandy: The purpose of my trip was a canoeing and hiking vacation in Ontario and I was staying on a lake the whole time so my strategy won't work for you. I live in Delaware and our good open water swimming is at beaches on the Atlantic Ocean or Chesapeake Bay and it's tributaries. Races are typically in harbors that are otherwise closed to swimming. Freshwater is strictly mucky millponds. The surrounding states do have actual lakes that are used for open water races and triathlons so a google search might help you find lakes with public swimming areas. There a lots of triathlons near the Poconos in Pa and the Shenadoahs in Va so that might be a place to start your search
Sandy: The purpose of my trip was a canoeing and hiking vacation in Ontario and I was staying on a lake the whole time so my strategy won't work for you. I live in Delaware and our good open water swimming is at beaches on the Atlantic Ocean or Chesapeake Bay and it's tributaries. Races are typically in harbors that are otherwise closed to swimming. Freshwater is strictly mucky millponds. The surrounding states do have actual lakes that are used for open water races and triathlons so a google search might help you find lakes with public swimming areas. There a lots of triathlons near the Poconos in Pa and the Shenadoahs in Va so that might be a place to start your search
