I am not sure, but I may have seen one of the signs of the apocalypse today. I was paddling down the Intracoastal Waterway when I heard this loud roar and looked over to see a jet-ski running full out over the flats (disturbing fish and possibly destroying sea-grass). Then I noticed that he is towing a 8-9ft sit-on-top kayak and carrying a fishing pole. What is the world coming to when the jet-skiers are going to run full out to all the good kayak spots disturbing everything along the way, stop to putter around a bit, and then roar off back to the launch? No paddling spot will be safe. Are we doomed !!! Mark J. Arnold *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Robert J. Matter wrote: Bob Denton wrote: and finally I was asked where I kept my first aid kit?! I guess I passed because I was issued a serialized triangular red, white and blue sticker and told to display it on the bow?! Wha? Ain't never heard of that either. I believe that it was a courtesy inspection. If you go through a courtesy inspection and pass you get a sticker to display. When the Coast Guard or their aux. see the sticker they are a lot less likely to look closer. They already know you play by the rules so they don't need to watch you like they do others. (This knowledge is one of the few advantages of being a former power boater.) Mike -- Paddling along through fog so thick that only one's thoughts are visible, your reverie is abruptly shattered by the ancient cry of a great blue heron as she lifts uncertainly from the brilliant blue of a mussel-shell beach witnessed only by the brooding, wet spruce....your passage home seems as much back through time as it does through space. Mark H Hunt *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
There was no indication this was a voluntary program, though there was no indication it wasn't. Every boat coming in was being inspected. There were around 100 power boats and kayaks. cya *************************************************************************** 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 04:45 PM 6/12/01 -0400, Michael Noyes wrote: >Robert J. Matter wrote: > > Bob Denton wrote: > > > and > finally I was asked where I kept my first aid kit?! I guess I passed > because I was issued a serialized triangular red, white and blue sticker > and told to display it on the bow?! > > Wha? > > > Ain't never heard of that either. > >I believe that it was a courtesy inspection. If you go through a >courtesy inspection and pass you get a sticker to display. Is that anything like a courtesy seatbelt inspection checkpoint? If courtesy isn't one of the most misused words in the English language the phrase, "for your convenience" certainly is. *************************************************************************** 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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