Re: [Paddlewise] What could have happened..

Ralph wrote;

(SNIP)
>
>Since a kid was involved, I think Jack should have let Don set up his
>kid in the back hatch and just as he started paddling away, tipped their
>boat.  They would have learned pretty instantly just how dangerous the
>idea of paddling that way would have been.  The water there at the Dobbs
>Ferry NY launch is shallow and even the kid could have walked to shore.
>

I have always wondered what would happen if you did this. Have few enough
friends as it is so never tried it. :-}

I think I would have been pretty forceful in protesting though. It is one
thing to risk your own life. Quite another to risk the life of some one
else.

John Winters
Redwing Designs
Specialists in Human Powered Watercraft
http://home.ican.net/~735769/



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