Mark Hunter wrote: > > I don't usually think too much about it; just once in a while when my mind is not > otherwise occupied. But Ralph's post made me wonder: what happens to other boats > that have been involved in fatalities. No Viking funerals, right? Anybody else > paddle one? Feel funny paddling it? It need not be the result of a fatality. Boats do move on in other ways. Last year, I did a small piece in my newsletter naming the dozen people who have remained subscribers from the very beginning. As part of this I printed a note from a fellow who said: "This subscription was in the name of my brother-in-law, Joe Casey of Longmeadow, MA. I bought his Klepper from him this summer. Joe died last month of cancer and I want to renew the newsletter in my name. I believe he was an original subscriber. He kept every issue, which he gave to me, and was a loyal reader." Some kayaks last and last. The ghosts of their former paddlers ride with those who paddle them today. ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Dec 18 2000 - 09:51:57 PST
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