FishinJC wrote:
What I've learned about kayakers is that they know nothing about being
on the water and usually end up holding up boat traffic in channels and
basically creating an unsafe environment for those around them.


It's hard to imagine a kayaker could present as great a
hazard to another boat as that boat creates to a kayaker.
OTOH there is certainly a high level of selfishness &
stupidity loose in the world.


This past weekend an old couple was having a great time slowly paddling
through an extremely busy pass. Boats were lining up behind them and
in front of them and they were completely oblivious to the problem they
were creating. People were blowing horns, yelling and they couldn't
have cared less.

Did anybody think of pulling up close enough to talk, and
explaining to them that they were holding up navigation?

.... It was dead low tide and the channel was very narrow.
All they had to do was move 15 feet left or right and everyone would
have been fine. It's horrible that people's safety and time are
jeopardized because these morons are let loose on the waterways.


And you didn't take the opportunity to teach them any
better. That would have been better than just complaining,
wouldn't it? There are lots of ways to cope with a problem,
honking your horn like a Noo Yawk taxi driver and cussing at
them isn't likely to produce a desirable result. How about a
call to the USCG and let them send a small boat to give them
a ticket (if they were truly violating the rules as you imply)?

And it is incorrect to assume that these people were
creating an unsafe situation. It is the operator of each
boat's responsibility to be safe... if there is a canoe in
the way, deal with it intelligently.

Fair Skies
Doug King