[Paddlewise] Whatever!

Hi all,

   Well, I just returned from a week in Washington State, visiting 
family/friends, and wanted to tell ya'll how it went. While this was a family 
trip, so I didn't really have much time to get out on the water, I did manage 
to squeeze in a couple of day trips. One trip was on a remote lake, while the 
other was on the sound. 
   We tied two boats onto the car using two lengths of line across their 
centers. On the water I wore Tevas, shorts and a short sleeved synthetic 
t-shirt. I carried my pfd inside the boat, under my legs. Coming back on the 
second trip we had to paddle against some wind. So I feathered my paddle. Not 
so much because I had to, or even because I thought it would be much of a 
real help, but because I remembered a thread before I left where a number of 
folks warned that if a person switches between feathered and unfeathered they 
will miss their brace and drown.
  Well, guess what? Much to the utter chagrin, I'm sure, of everyone on this 
list, I made it back! We didn't lose or damage the boats, nobody died, and 
there weren't any close calls. Is that amazing or what? While I'd love to 
fill you in with all of the details I'm afraid I have to go out and do some 
work on my racks right now. You see, I've decided to switch from using nylon 
webbing for tying the boats down, to rubber bunjie cords.

cya,

Scott
So.Cal.
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