Screw the sponsons. Work on cloning manatees and use them as a flotation aid. Jim et al *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> Screw the sponsons. Work on cloning manatees and use them as a flotation aid. > Probably not a good idea..... I know one prominent Paddlewiser who was thrown a foot or two in the air by a manatee. Her BOAT landed safely right side up. Another well-known Paddlewiser, out paddling with her dog, was overturned by a manatee. This person still swears that a huge alligator did it. Yet another snow-bird Paddlewiser ran into a small shark. It scared him so that he fell out of the BOAT, got stuck in the mud and had to be pulled out by one of our Florida heroes. I am sure that corrections to my remarks are forthcoming and will blow the sponsons off the air. If not, I'll start telling spider in kayak stories. Marinell *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
I was charged by a manatee a few years ago. They look really placid till they come at you at 20 miles an hour, tail slapping the water! This one only lasted a few seconds and I was able to pass by as I was paddling perpendicular to the charge. 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/ ***************************************************************************
Now, now! Start now! Diane, waiting eagerly for the stories > I am sure that corrections to my remarks are forthcoming and will blow the > sponsons off the air. If not, I'll start telling spider in kayak stories. > > Marinell *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 12/29/01 8:38:09 PM, marinell3_at_home.com writes: << > Screw the sponsons. Work on cloning manatees and use them as a flotation aid. > Probably not a good idea..... I know one prominent Paddlewiser who was thrown a foot or two in the air by a manatee. Her BOAT landed safely right side up. >> Fantastic, exactly what I'd have said If I'd known. Joan *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 12/29/2001 8:38:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, marinell3_at_home.com writes: << Another well-known Paddlewiser, out paddling with her dog, was overturned by a manatee. This person still swears that a huge alligator did it. >> Anyone stupid enough to go out in a 9-foot SOT with two small dogs on the Estero River in Florida (I musta left my mind in Miami!) deserves to have the tish scared out of her!!! Fortunately I was very close to the river bank and stood there like those cartoon figures with my legs shaking like reeds in the wind holding on to the two doggies, just waiting for the gator to attack! I guess running wasn't an option...too much vegetation behind me. Shore didn't take me long to pattle back to the outfitters - twas then that some locals told me they had just seen a mannattee. We'll never know. stupid sandy wearing a sarong in sunny 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/ ***************************************************************************
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