Re: [Paddlewise] Ideas for dealing with careless boaters

From: Larry Bliven <foxhill_at_shore.intercom.net>
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 21:24:45 -0400
> Does everybody in the U.S carry firearms???
> Even when jetskiing???? or seakayaking??????????????????


someone might be able to reach this conclusion from some Holywood movies.
a buddy from Belguim who was on sebatical on the East Coast of the US took a
cross country trip and he made sure to visit Holywood so that his kids could
see the difference between film and reality.

i've only seen guns on the water by folks who were hunting. duck and goose
hunting around the Chesapeake bay is common.

one cold winter day, a small row boat without much freeboard due to its 3
heavy passangers passed me as i went upstream in a very isolated swamp. it
was on a tight bend and they did not have much control due to the fast
flowing water.  i made sure to yield way as i looked down the barrels of
some mighty large shot guns.

thank goodness in this region, gun slingers are not a big part of water
activities...
i've seen a few James Bond movies too. thrilling

cu
bliven


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