Kirk Olsen wrote: ......... >A couple minutes later one of the women on the sailboat said to us >"kayakers thank you for staying around we're all set now." >My response was >"No you're not, your are going down." >"Excuse me?" >"Your boat is sinking, you are going down." > > >...... > >About 10 minutes later I paddled back to the area and looked around for >the sailboat. It wasn't in sight. On closer observation I noticed a >sliver of green bottom paint. The sailboat was upside down, and the >rudder sticking straight up in the air. The 900 pound keel had snapped >off leaving just the keels stub and rudder sticking up in the air. > > Great story, Kirk! Thanks for the entertainment! :) Jackie *************************************************************************** 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 Jun 09 2010 - 14:00:44 PDT
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