Re: [Paddlewise] Registration of watercraft

From: Wayne Smith <wsmith16_at_snet.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 22:03:21 -0500
>> Wow!
>
> These homeland security types are sharp.  Why just the other day I
figured I
> could load 100 pounds of fertilizer in the forward hatch and about 100
> gallons of ammonia in the rear. I'd launch here in Victoria, paddle down
the
> coast, through Panama the Carib and up the east coast to Connecticut and
> blow up a house.  I was working on an ignition system when I read Nick's
> post. Now that they're on to me I'll revert back to plan A - trained
shark
> attacks.
>
> Gordin Warner

The public hearing was a farce in that regard --- one legislator even had
the nerve to ask one of the speakers how much explosive (In weight) his
kayak could carry.

It all made no sense on the surface, but the real reason was that the rich
folk don't want to look at kayakers anymore. The joke will soon be on
them, when the town begins construction of a non-motorized only launch
site about a mile away, complete with it's own parking lot. Seems the town
of Branford (Of which the village of Stony Creek, where all this started,
is a tiny part) doesn't mind us paddling there.

Could get interesting.

Wayne

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