Thanks Dave, for the excellent example. the paddlers were rank novices, and had no understanding of the hazard of their behavior. It is incidents such as this one which generate an attitude toward paddlers on the part of the power boat crowd. This may well go back to the point made, was it in the article or the first go around on this topic, that many kayakers, not knowing the COLREGs, assume they have right of way by virtue of their being paddle craft. I bet of they were on foot, they wouldn't walk behind a backing UPS truck. Mike San Rafael *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jan 28 2009 - 11:50:52 PST
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