Bob Denton wrote: > > This is the most stupid idea I have ever heard on this > forum! I am glad Bob brought it up in such a mild form; I agree with him. Look at it this way: Would you ride down a road on skates and throw paint at some guys in a souped-up car that whizzes by you in a manner you didn't like? No! They will just come back and run you over. Same with a kayak and a jetski or a power boat. I was once on a club trip when some power boat came a little close and throw up a large wake. A woman in the group gave them the finger. I read her the riot act for she had most certainly endangered us all. What if the operator had had a few too many beers and, in a form of road rage, decided to run over a few of us. Absolutely under no circumstances do anything to provoke anyone who has more power than you and anything with a motor is more powerful than your kayak. Your most powerful form of redress and retaliation is your brain. Take note of the offending vessel's color and description and name. Use your marine radio to report it or later do so from a pay phone. In time repeat offenders will get caught and get grounded. ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jun 02 1999 - 13:33:53 PDT
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