[Paddlewise] The Price of Fun

From: Mark Sanders <sandmarks_at_ca.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:13:12 -0700
For no apparent reason, my Pentax Optio W30 came home from my Catalina trip
dead as a doornail. I'm hoping I'll have luck with the warrantee service.
(yeah right!)

As a result of my fun from last Sunday, the Goodship Lollygagger is
leaking/sweating along a 6 inch hairline crack along the keel of my bow. You
could whine and cry "woe is me", but I prefer to look at the bright side:
any water I take into my front hatch will be compensated by the 6+ dripping
holes I found along the keel in my back hatch! Didn't bother to look for
holes in the cockpit; that's what the electric bilge pump is for!

Then there's the broken Onno...

Did I say "woe is me"?

Actually most of it occurred having a lot of fun, so it's hard to be too
upset. Really, I'm only POed because I lost another sponge!

Duane has some video of my Sunday carnage: doing a bit of an endo on my
landing in case you'd like to commiserate with me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1habCdbuAk

Mark Sanders
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