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

Is that Mark, as in Zen and the Art of Kayak Maintenance?
BRC

> 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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