I asked the reporter from Lakeland to find out the type of kayak attacked by the gator. Here's what he said: ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Chambliss/REGIONAL/NYTIMES" To: "Marinell" <marinell3_at_home.com> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 5:21 PM Subject: Re: Gator Attacks Kayaker > > The kayak was a 16-foot fiberglass Wilderness System Tarpon > > *************************************************************************** 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 05:36 PM 2/4/02 -0500, Marinell wrote: >I asked the reporter from Lakeland to find out the type of kayak attacked by >the gator. >Here's what he said: > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "John Chambliss/REGIONAL/NYTIMES" >To: "Marinell" <marinell3_at_home.com> >Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 5:21 PM >Subject: Re: Gator Attacks Kayaker > > > > > > The kayak was a 16-foot fiberglass Wilderness System Tarpon > > Lesson learned: If you paddle in Florida it's not a good idea to do it in a boat named after a fish. *************************************************************************** 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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