Re: [Paddlewise] Who's Who

From: <JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 20:08:40 EDT
Okay, guess I've gotta do one, too.

a)  NAME:   Jack "Joq" Martin

b)  CONTACT:   jcmartin43_at_aol.com, john.c.martin_at_us.arthurandersen.com

c)  BOATS:   Primary boat is a seven year old Valley Canoe Products (VCP) Pintail; newest boat (still in the painting) is a Chesapeake Light Craft (CLC) North Bay; oldest boat is a Perception Sea Lion, about ten years old and not gettin' any exercise at all; and my enviro-boat is an Ocean Kayak Scrambler SOT --- great for mucking around in estuarine environments looking for stuff.

d)   BOAT NAMES/CALLSIGNS:  My boats are not named; radio callsign is RIPTIDE for my last Navy asignment.

e)  SPECIAL INTERESTS:  safety, cold weather paddling

f)  SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE:  aviation (Navy pilot), Combat Search and Rescue (see above), aviation safety (Aviation Safety Officer and accident investigator).

g)  STRONG OPINIONS:  yes, but trying to lose them.

h)  MOST INTERESTING TRIP:  two week wilderness paddle on the Alsek and Tatshenshini Rivers in The Yukon, British Columbia and Alaska with my son (a guide) and my daughter (her first overnight camping trip [!]); new ways to learn from your kids!

i) BIO:  56 (tomorrow), married, three kids --- youngest graduating from Ohio University this June; oldest got me interested in kayaking, which I've been fascinated with for nine years (tomorrow); the Sea Lion was a birthday present --- something to do, a hobby, thought my wife; she, a non-paddler, regrets that to this day.  I'm happy.  Work in business consulting, trying to get the Navy, in particular, in touch with the way "business" can be done.

Active with the Chesapeake Paddler Association as an event coordinator; next show is a cold water session in January we're calling "Y2Kold" --- yeah, kinda dumb, but maybe we'll keep another paddler from becoming a statistic.

Writing an article for publication next week as a follow-up to information collected about the death of a friend in a kayaking accident on Lake Erie last Thanksgiving.  Statistics.

Jack Martin
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