Y2k hits Alaskan paddlers hard! Got in my kayak today and quickly discovered Y2k had struck . I got in my boat and grabbed my paddle and discovered that one blade was feathered and one was not! My compass declination had shifted from west to east. I started paddling and leaned left to turn to the right but the boat turned to the left! I dropped the rudder and I pushed on my left rudder pedal and the boat turned to the right! I flipped on a wave and went to roll but the "this side up" sign on the deck of my boat was on the bottom! I did a wet exit and fired off a flare, a little sign popped out saying "systen error". Grabbed my VHF radio to call for help and got the coast guard in Tahiti...they told me their water temperature was 85 degrees so I had plenty of time left. Grabbed my GPS and it said I was in Hawaii. I looked to the shore and saw a big sandy beach , palm trees and hula dancers ....hmmmm maybe Y2k isn't so bad after all. Happy New Year Bob, Sitka *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 1/2/00 12:05:55 AM, revkayak_at_ptialaska.net writes: << Y2k hits Alaskan paddlers hard! << snip << I flipped on a wave and went to roll but the "this side up" sign on the deck << of my boat was on the bottom! << Bob, Sitka I laughed so hard....and for so long......that I've resolved to mount a "This side up" placard to my boat. I'm truly sorry to hear of your misfortune, Hawaii can be kind of hard to take this time of year. Chin-up, I've organized a rescue/search party, we should be there before spring. Till then work on a low level reformat of your hard-shell. Jed, somewhere way too far east *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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