John Fereira wrote: > On the other hand, you could probably hear them coming from 15 miles away. > As Kelly Blades said, "use all of your senses...okay, maybe just your > sight and ears; smell and touch are probably not going to help you and... > tastes...that's just too wierd to talk about" They certainly are loud. That race (or is another one?) is/was held off of lower Manhattan. The boats ran laps. The sound of them was deafening several blocks inland. As for hearing them, the river is quite wide...it can take 20 minutes to a half hour to cross depending on the kayaker. The race has a number of helicopters hovering and zooming along with the race boats; carry TV camera crews, officials etc. You might think the sounds were helicopters. By the time you decide to get out of there it might be tight. But yes, you would likely have heard all the commotion and had the good sense to stay put. ralph -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Aug 03 2000 - 12:35:48 PDT
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