At 07:12 PM 8/14/99 -0400, Bhansen97_at_aol.com wrote: >Chuck - Although I have a (probably well-deserved) reputation for being more >than a little compulsive, the same sort of thing happened to me. But my >Romany (how dare you call it a "British battleship"? Harumph harumph!) did >slide off the rack on a curve. Amazingly enough, it hit nothing but the road, >and with only a few (more) scratches in the gelcoat at that. > >So - after that, I was much more careful. But yesterday it happened again - >forgot to tie down the bow. This second time, the boat stayed atop the car. >Almost makes me think that there is a God, who protects fools like me. He must have been watching Ithaca yesterday morning. I went down yesterday morning to do some work on my "British battleship" (a VCP Skerray) and arrived at my friends kayak shop a bit before he did. After a bit I noticed a cup of tea on the rear bumper of his truck and asked if he had been looking for it. His sister had set it down on the bumper before he had driven down to the shop (about a five mile drive), Somehow it made it all the way without falling off and even spilling very much. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Aug 15 1999 - 04:44:46 PDT
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