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Subject: [Leica] BOATING PAD #14 - Why Sailors Hate Power Boaters #3
From: pjleeson at mchsi.com (Philip Leeson)
Date: Wed Oct 8 06:11:21 2008
References: <25F85E88-34CC-46B8-86E5-EE51236C8D63@comcast.net>

I'm not a boater, sailor, etc. but it seems that there are obnoxious,  
pushy, boorish SOB's in all walks of life.

Phil
On Oct 8, 2008, at 7:13 AM, Richard S. Taylor wrote:

> Apropos of a couple of comments I received from kayakers, how would  
> you like to have this guy bearing down on you?
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2008_PAD/300_1148.jpg.html
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> or
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> http://tinyurl.com/3fqakr
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> In fairness, this boat did slow down radically as he went by us  
> about 50 feet to port, sparing us his four-foot wake, but why get up  
> so much speed in a channel when there are smaller boats around?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Dick
> off-list comments to r.s.taylor at comcast dot net please.
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