In a previous article, said:
Ok, you were in a kayak and couldn't avoid a boat load of little girls...and
you are ****ed. Get over it

I would have to concur. A canoe with neither paddle in the water is a
bit like a log, something I would expect on a river.

Considering how little control they had, they were moving pretty fast.
But they were doing that "everybody paddle on this side, now everybody
paddle on the other side" zig zag thing. They didn't take their paddles
out of the water until they were on a collision course with me.

If there is an up side you will be fine. You could have ripped up your
shoulder. That just refuses to get better.
Good luck and get well soon.

Thanks.

I would lighten up on the kids though. Was their master aware they hit
you?

Probably, but the pain wasn't that bad at first so I didn't complain to
him. It was only when I tried to take the kayak out of the water that I
realized how much trouble I was in.

The worst thing is that I was due to fly up to see my kids the following
weekend, but I can't fly with this stupid cast. By the time it comes off,
I'm going to have to do an Instrument Proficiency Check with an instructor
before I fly again.

--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
please excuse my typing, but my whole left arm is in a cast. and i don't
mean _the king and i_.

Lance LaFrinier wrote:
: Only if somebody teaches them to not be a menace to themselves and others
: first.
:
: 30 years ago when I was taken canoeing by my YMCA day camp, they spend
: some time in a secluded bay teaching us strokes and how to handle the
: canoes before being sent into a popular paddling area. These morons
: didn't even TRY to steer or stop. They didn't even say "sorry".

: Ok, you were in a kayak and couldn't avoid a boat load of little girls...and
: you are ****ed. Get over it

Three girls in a aluminum canoe ran him down?

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John Nelson
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"Three girls in a aluminum canoe ran him down?"

Not only that, but "when a gaggle of scouts came up the river" - they
apparently did so while paddling upriver.

Those must have been some menacing Girl Scouts, able to attain upriver
so fast that the collision was unavoidable.

"Lance LaFrinier" wrote in message
news:LGqYe.356165$x96.55754@attbi_s72...
Only if somebody teaches them to not be a menace to themselves and others
first.

30 years ago when I was taken canoeing by my YMCA day camp, they spend
some time in a secluded bay teaching us strokes and how to handle the
canoes before being sent into a popular paddling area. These morons
didn't even TRY to steer or stop. They didn't even say "sorry".


Ok, you were in a kayak and couldn't avoid a boat load of little
girls...and you are ****ed. Get over it


FINALLY the question I'm sitting here pondering!!!
OK enough pondering . . . . moving on!

Did I miss what type of kayak you were in? In a more whitewater type
environment there normally alittle banging and scraping going on. Lets
not mention those nice big rubber bus's some call rafts that will get
you pretty good. Of course after getting munched by a raft I get out of
their way. They can zig-zag all they want but it will not help them.

I am a kayaker....Hear me roar!