[Paddlewise] Right of passage

I took my place in a somewhat small club Saturday. I towed in a power  
boat with a friend in our double baidarka. We had spent the morning  
touring to include visiting a nice old lighthouse at the mouth of the  
old South channel of the Savannah river in Georgia, USA.
http://www.dalereagan.com/images/Savannah-DR_web_017.jpg
Paddling back to the boat ramp we passed a guy in his stalled fishing  
boat. He looked forlorn but perhaps not quite ready to ask for help.  
Feeling BCU-ish I decided to ask him if he wanted a tow the last 100  
yards back to the ramp. He threw us a line and we hooked up. I  
politely asked him to tilt his motor up to reduce drag and off we  
went. We struggled a little bit against a falling tide and it took a  
few minutes of earnest effort to cover the distance. We were in easy  
view of quite a few fishermen who were coming and going at the ramp.  
Lots a emasculating barbs were tossed about towards the poor guy. We  
quietly brought him to the dock adjacent to the ramp where his  
grateful looking wife patiently waited. A nod and a wave and we took  
out carrying our heroic vessel to the car.
Jim et al
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