wow ... it was incredible, two canoes destroyed, and a boat trailer damaged... i taught a class this last weekend, intro to canoeing. one of the students had a trailer full of boats, heading to the lake, down the interstate at 75mph, when the axle of a vehicle going the opposite way broke. when it did, the wheel of the truck flew off, across the median, and [luckily] hit the trailer full of boats. the first boat hit [a royalex] had a whole bashed through it, and most of the thwarts broken. the wheel went up under the second boat [above the first] and ripped out both seats, both thwarts, and the portage yoke/thwart, ripping apart both gunwales, and removing the end caps... the towing vehicle was hit in the rear quarter panel... had it hit further forward, it would have shattered the rear side window, spraying the people inside with broken glass. had it missed the trailer, it would have hit the students in the car behind, in a honda civic, which probably would have totaled the car, and killed/seriously injured everyone inside... someone was watching out for them... mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com----http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark----- # mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index to club websites i administer] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Some points to remember [about animals]: 1. Don't go to sleep under big animals, e.g., elephants, rhinoceri, hippopotamuses; 2. Don't put animals with sharp teeth or poisonous fangs down the front of your clothes; 3. Don't pat certain animals, e.g., crocodiles and scorpions or dogs you have just kicked. -- Mike Harding, "The Armchair Anarchist's Almanac" *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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