I read the article, and avoided the comments. Thanks for pointing that one out. We went out last night, very hazy after 5. It was far easier to see in the haze than in the direct sunlight we have getting out of our bay. I typically avoid the straight route for this reason, and choose to cut starboard and take the cut at an angle away from the direct sunlight.
Boats in general are hard to see in the low, direct sunlit background. Last year, on a bright evening about 2 hours before sunset, I encountered a kayaker in the middle of the bay, directly in line with the cut to the big lake. I was only putting along, and I could see he stopped paddling for a bit. I idled over towards him just to make him aware. I said that his boat was very hard, and at time, nearly impossible to see while in the direct line of the sun. I don;t think he believed me, so I asked him to look towards the cut and see. (A 25' boat had entered the NWZ ahead of me. He was shocked, that even at his low height above water, he could not really make out the boat 300 yards ahead, nor the other two coming this way).
He got the point. I generally try to wear my hat in such situations as well to shade my eyes a bit more.