I take it you are referring to the kayaker? He still talks about the
incident and brags about being run down by a rogue sailboat at the bar to
this day.

I'll be having a few beers with him in April when I visit Yellowknife....
I'll pass on your reference to him.

CM

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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| A really dumb person.
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| RB
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| "MC" wrote in message
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| A really dumb story.
|
| Cheers
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| Capt. Mooron wrote:
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| So I'm sailing along on Yellowknife Bay a few years ago. It's a
| beautiful
| day and a nice steady but light breeze. We're soaking in the sun and
| slogging back our favourite brew in the cockpit doing about 4.5 knots.
| We
| weren't in a hurry and it was hot out.
|
| Along comes a buddy of mine... one of my bosses from work in his
Kayak.
| He's
| taunting us about how he can go faster than we can. I point out that
he
| can't do it while drinking beer.... but he indicates the beer holder
| sling
| around his neck. So we all laugh! Then he says he thinks he'll pull a
| doughnut around my boat. No Way! says I! No friggin' way will a tree
| huggin'
| kayaker doughnut my boat. He says there isn't much I can do about it
and
| proceeds to paddle to my bow to cross. I trim in in the sails just as
| he's
| across the bow and surge ahead! I hit him just aft of the kayak
cockpit
| and
| the back end of his kayak goes down hard.... his bow is pointing to
the
| sky
| when the kayak's buoyancy takes over and shoots him out of the water
| like a
| friggin missile!! He lands with his bow down and flips. We were all in
| tears
| of laughter watching him struggle to attempt an Eskimo roll. He
finally
| bailed and we came about and pulled him out of the water! When he
asked
| why
| I ran him over I pointed to _his_boss who was aboard and said... just
| following orders! I got him dried off and refreshed his beer. No
crying
| no
| wailing no sooky, sooky nonsense.
|
| I wonder how many of your girly COLREGS I broke that time! Ha Ha Ha
Ha!
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| CM
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