On 3/24/07, Rcgibbert_at_aol.com <Rcgibbert_at_aol.com> wrote: > Something told me > today was a bad idea to combine these activities. Perhaps mortality was > not in so > much consideration, but the setting of a bad example was. > Years ago my wife and I untied our 32-foot sailboat from a dock at a marina in Oregon and headed out to resume our trip down to California. The weather report was good and the day was clear and nice but for some reason I had a funny feeling about the day and we opted to head up the river and tie up at a public dock in a small town about 5 miles away. By noon the wind was NW'ly at 40kts and by 3pm it was blowing 50+outside. We were laying on the grass eating ice cream cones and watching a girls' softball match. Friends who were out in that NW'ly storm were heavily damaged. And got no ice cream either. Sometimes it pays to listen to your gut feeling. Craig Jungers Royal City, WA *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Mar 25 2007 - 22:21:22 PDT
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