Jet Ski's and drunken idiots are abundant in the Ozarks too, and they seem to view Kayakers as "targets", circling and spraying us with water. Usually some dude trying to impress the bikini girls. They invoke the same fear in me as cycling near large dogs. This may sound juvenile, but the best idea we had is to buy a cheap paintball gun to keep on deck. In theory, we would shoot the boat that is purposely harassing us, thus "marking" the perpetrator. A call the lake patrol would follow, and the "tagged" boat would be easy to pick out. Not sure of the legality of shooting a boat.... During the summer season, we just try to avoid the areas where such a confrontation may occur. Tim *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jul 03 2000 - 22:45:57 PDT
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