Swingman wrote in
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On 7/31/2011 1:44 PM, Han wrote:


I wasn't one for hunting when a kid (and not now either). But I did
go iceskating on the frozen meadows that the Rhine near Wageningen
had inundated in winter. However, I was warned when going into the
"forest" nearby for unexploded ordinance from the WWII battles
nearby.

As 14 year old, I used to take an 11' flat bottomed jon boat, with a 5
HP Johnston motor on it, out into the bays of the Gulf Coast, by
myself, to go duck hunting.

Do this when a Norther blows in (IOW, the best duck hunting weather),
on an outgoing tide, and you had to wait until evening for the next
tide came in to get back to shore ... I'm talking maybe ten to fifteen
miles to the nearest walkable, dry (relatively) land.

I don't recall the coast guard ever being called to the rescue, and
AAMOF, I don't even think my parents were ever the least bit worried,
or even missed me.

Reminds me of later years in high school. I was a member of the rowing
and sailing club (sailing is better, because it is less work hehe).
There were 3 of us in a canoe outfitted with a sail, in April. Was
blowing quite hard, so all 3 of us had to lean to windward. Wind was
from the west, Rhine was flowing east to west, generating waves traveling
westwards. Suddenly the wind fell away, and we all fell overboard to
windward. Rescue was fast, but it was cold, in April.


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Best regards
Han
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