[Paddlewise] Flippers and Pride of Ownership

Doug wrote:-
>My concerns are with situations where one might get caught in an along
>shore current

Emile Zen wrote: -
>the polite lady from Canada Customs seemed interested and impressed by
>the boat. "Looks just like new" she said.

G'Day,

I've always been very impressed by people who could keep their boats looking
that good. One time that impressed me most was when I came through some
quite small surf tipped out of my boat and found myself making very slow
progress through an along shore current in a gutter, which was carrying me
to a rip near a river mouth. This was two years ago, the boat was new and
tippier than I was used to and I hadn't learn't to reenter it properly.
Johno had promised to get me out of trouble if I tipped, which he proceeded
to do. And I'll always remember his words "Now the way we're going to do
this we'll not scratch the boats".

All the best, PeterO


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