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 *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
I loved the "Last Glance" in the recent SeaKayaker; a female paddler towed a small vessel with a big Alaskan male skipper back to the dock, too. The skipper was reported to have apparently stated he hoped the picture of the tow wouldn't end up in some sea kayak magazine!!! Too late. DL >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 *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 9:00 AM, Doug Lloyd <douglloyd_at_shaw.ca> wrote: > I loved the "Last Glance" in the recent SeaKayaker; a female paddler towed > a > small vessel with a big Alaskan male skipper back to the dock, too. The > skipper was reported to have apparently stated he hoped the picture of the > tow wouldn't end up in some sea kayak magazine!!! Too late. It would be nice if photos like this appeared in the general boating magazines and not just the kayaking mags. The sport is growing but that sort of PR with the implicit idea that kayaks are reliable modes of transportation and recreation on the water makes a good impression. With the economy moving negative (at least in the USA) we might reasonably expect to see more of this. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, 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/ ***************************************************************************
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