Re: [Paddlewise] Zen and the art of towing fishing boats out of gas

Paul Montgomery wrote:
> Well, the Subject line kinda says it all. I was out on the north end  
> of Lake Washington today just tooling around and met a guy who was  
> out of gas. Another casualty of high petrol prices I guess. He had a  
> canoe paddle and was going from side to side, back and forth, trying  
> to make his way back to the launch. He thought I was nuts to offer a  
> tow, but I told him if it got too tough I would just cut him loose.  
> Fair enough.

[sniparoni, the Internet treat]

I've towed sailboats, sailboards, rafts, canoes, kayaks, inner tubes, 
swimmers (both voluntary & involuntary), half a canoe (which, by the way 
was the most difficult) and my dog, but never a fishing boat.

for me, that would be another Zen experience ;-)

mark [had to, just had too]

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