Re: [Paddlewise] Airboats (was Wes Boyd Incident)

From: Joe Pylka <pylka_at_castle.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 00:37:25 -0400
> Oh, no.  Now we're even exporting them!  On another occasion, I had
> coordinated a paddling group to Lake Kissimmee State Park.  Seems as if
> airboaters are night folk (easier to view frogs and gator eyes at night)
and
> those #$%#%$ things roared around most of the night.  So much for
communing
> with nature
>
        There's a few up here in NJ, alas.  Generally been used as rescue
boats.  The fire company above Trenton on the Delaware River had one.  It
could go up some of the rapids, which was its main use.  They accidentally
sank it during a drill (they're very edgy boats) and it was destroyed
totally.   I've also seen a hovercraft on the Delaware being used for
similar purposes.  Now, there's Another Noisy Boat.....



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