Thornton Tibbals wrote: > > Tom Carroll describes his own defensive strategies under > the July 18th entry to his trip report on paddling around > Long Island, NY. Actually, his first idea was the good > old T.O.W. missile option, but he settled for "deceptively > shallow water, " which actually left one aggressive boater > stuck in the mud. wouldn't work for PWC, I guess. > > http://www.seacanoe.org/aroundli.htm Actually, it depends on the nature of the bottom. Out here, we have a bunch of really slimy mud flats the PWC crowd sometimes runs over. Normally, even six inches of water is enough for them. But ... if they get to squirreling around and kill the engine or dump ... then they suck a huge slug of mud into the intake. After a couple rounds of that, it's bye, bye impeller ... bye, bye cooling effect ... bye, bye engine. That's the "good" news. The bad news is that they must be getting wise, because I no longer see their "tracks" in the mud any more. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Jun 13 2001 - 06:53:12 PDT
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