> Hey, wait a minute. That's not Doug Lloyd. At least not "the" Doug Lloyd. > > Doug Lloyd is seven foot twelve with fire red hair and a full beard to > match. > His eyes are iceberg blue and his skin is so white that you can see the > steel > in his nerves. He has gills and webbed fingers. I don't know who that > pilgrim > in the photo is, but, he sure ain't "the" Doug Lloyd. > Ahhh!!!... I love a good mystery! This sound like "The case of the Doug Lloyd imposters". I might just volunteer to pursue this one..... as soon as I finish finding Waldo. Doug, what's it like to be famous? Have you considered hiring an agent? Sold any movie rights yet? Rick (....Virginia) Claim to Fame...."I once had an E-MAIL conversation with Doug Lloyd" *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
At 08:39 AM 10/19/00 -0400, Rick Sylvia wrote: >> Hey, wait a minute. That's not Doug Lloyd. At least not "the" Doug Lloyd. >> >> Doug Lloyd is seven foot twelve with fire red hair and a full beard to >> match. >> His eyes are iceberg blue and his skin is so white that you can see the >> steel >> in his nerves. He has gills and webbed fingers. I don't know who that >> pilgrim >> in the photo is, but, he sure ain't "the" Doug Lloyd. >> >Ahhh!!!... I love a good mystery! This sound like "The case of the Doug >Lloyd imposters". I might just volunteer to pursue this one..... as soon as >I finish finding Waldo. Doug Lloyd. Isn't he that guy that recently paddled with that famous paddler from Houston, Natalie Wiest? *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
...MICHAEL EXPECTED TO CROSS NEWFOUNDLAND WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS...WINDS TO NEAR HURRICANE FORCE AND HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED... AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE MICHAEL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 41.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 60.2 WEST OR ABOUT 185 MILES...295 KM...SOUTH OF SABLE ISLAND. Doug, you are living on the wrong coast! cya *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Bob said: > ...MICHAEL EXPECTED TO CROSS NEWFOUNDLAND WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 > HOURS...WINDS TO NEAR HURRICANE FORCE AND HEAVY RAINS ARE > EXPECTED... > > Doug, you are living on the wrong coast! Near hurricane force, eh? That's normal winter weather here on the left coast, a little further north of where I live (I get the spill-over for local paddling, usually minus a lot of the rain - bonus!). 50 to 90 foot seas. Often the norm off the top of the island, some years. With the recent movie release of the movie "The Perfect Storm" and its popularity here in Victoria, our local newspaper printed a story as related by a retired lighthouse keeper. Back in the eighties, he and his little family were stationed north of Bella Bella, on the inside passage of BC's mainland coast. A large contingent of fishing vessels were busy at work mid day out off the coast, while numerous vessels plied the inside waters of the pass (the one the three of us paddled down before exiting to Storm Islands and our incident). It was April 15th or so( in the story), when winds picked up without warning to hurricane force. Many vessels were lost, and even ships on the inside passage had to seek further shelter, or in some cases, the men jumped ship and swam for shore (at the behest of the pale lightkeeper who was the only one with really good radio contact) before the waves grew exponentially in minutes. The lighthouse keeper called the incident _one_ of BC's perfect storms, and he goes on in the article to relate how the waves continued to build and spill over into the inside passage. Water levels and waves rose so fast, that the electrical shed, cemented and bolted down high above the shoreline, smashed to pieces (pictures accompanied the article!). He and his family retired to the basement of the lighthouse (a bit higher up), and feared for life and limb as the wind and waves howled overhead for hours. Meteorological contextualization was given to the piece by the staff writer, and basically was informing the readership that weather like that was not uncommon further north, where we really never hear about the big blows, seeing how we are down in our relatively protected hamlets. I was actually aware of the incidents surrounding that particular storm, as many of the coast guard rescues that day have been written up in a book by a local kayaker who interviewed survivors from many of the rescue incidents over the years. The book also includes the story about the girl and guy that dumped their double off Telegraph Cove a few years ago, and almost didn't make it (Excerpted in Sea Kayaker Magazine a while ago). Knowledge of the April incidents above and the time of year (Spring for heaven's sake) were part of the reason I reinforced my Nordkapp so heavily just prior to our departure for the early April trip where we were rescued off Storm. Apparently the other fellows were under different assumptions. Well, damn you Bob, here I am trying to be more laid back and respectable, and you get me all fired up again!! :-) Hey, you can send east coaster storm paddler Vince Dalrymple up to Sable Island. I bet he'd like to be dropped out the back of a Hercules aircraft, into the middle of the storm. One of my fantasies too, but I'll stick to my left coast, and he can have right coast. PS Our local kayak retail shop is having a seminar on "Storing your kayak for winter". Laurie Ford would have a kniption fit if he heard about that! (You have to know the inside story to understand that last comment). BC' in Ya Doug Lloyd *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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