In a message dated 01-04-17 16:36:20 EDT, you write: << Perhaps it was only a FL resident up here visiting. I can only hope. (My apology) >> 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 BTW, I recently saw someone trailering something that looked just like a jetski-type airboat. It was smaller and much more elegant looking than the regular ones, but it had a big "fan" propeller up aft. sandy kramer miami *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> 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..... *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
At 12:37 AM 4/18/01 -0400, you wrote: > 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..... The "harbormaster", in Haverhill Massachusetts has an airboat, at least one duck (similar to http://www.gordonfabrics.com/ducktours.htm but with 4 BIG wheels), and I think I've seen a hovercraft and small helicopter. The harbormaster and his "crew" are far more hazardous than confidence inspiring. I've almost been run down by their airboat and I've seen their duck swamp canoes during a canoe race that they were "monitoring". In Haverhill the harbormaster is an appointed position, and the harbormaster is supplying all of his own craft. Also Haverhill is about 15 miles from the ocean and the 2 local marinas have about 40 boats between them. kirk *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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