Ref: Marinell's message on Manatees Last winter I was paddling near Everglades City in SW Florida with the Tuesday Paddlers when a pontoon tourist sightseeing boat ran past us on a plane to somewhere up ahead. When we caught up to it we saw the driver pointing to us (we thought). I was paddling at the head of the group along with friend David at 3.5 to 4 K when suddenly with no warning my kayak was thrown into the air, David said three feet, I don't think it was much more than 18 inches or at the outside two feet. I let out a yell, made a strong brace as I came down. I remember the fall in the air seemed to take a long time, but in actuality was only a couple of seconds. I was paddling the Necki 1.9 an 18 ft X 21" beam 47 lb. Kevlar/carbon fibre kayak. The tourists were roaring with laughter as well as the other six Tuesday Paddlers. It was so nice to provide everyone with some entertainment on an otherwise routine paddle. Pat Moss *************************************************************************** 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 31 2001 - 08:23:02 PST
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