Re:[Paddlewise] Paddlewise-solo at 55mph

From: Kirk Olsen <kolsen_at_imagelan.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 10:26:53 -0400 (EDT)
On Tue, 11 Apr 2000 JSpinner_at_aol.com wrote:

> <<The wind caught the open cockpit and the next thing I know the whole thing is ten feet over my head and twenty feet behind me in a tree.  No harm done except to my ego as I finished packing the boat in the back of the explorer.  
> 
>  I have decided my practical wind limits to be somewhat lower than 45 mph.>>
> 
> Great image. We were holding eachothers boats down as the owner strapped them on the car this weekend, too.

You were smarter than I.  I had to chase my new canoe across the yard.
Fortunately it slowed when the deck plate of the canoe hit then knocked over 
a concrete bird bath.  The canoe has about 10 inches of plastic on it, 
fortunately that's where the impact was.

kirk
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