RE: Personal Watercraft Defensive Strategies

From: Sayer, Chris (ChrisSayer@StratfordGroup.com)
Date: Mon Feb 21 2000 - 08:20:36 PST


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I was surprised to run across one of the (extremely rare) non-obnoxious sort
of PWC User on Saturday. Sailing out of Redwood City, I watched several PWCs
zipping around, and was thankful that for the most part they weren't
venturing as far up the channel as we had gone. Finally one made a beeline
for us. About the time I was starting to consider whether or not I'd have to
get out the paddle to repel boarders, he slowed down, gave us a wide berth
and dropped in behind us, and yelled ...

"Excuse me... is that a West Wight Potter? Is it true that people have
sailed those across oceans?"

We ended up having a nice chat with the kid. I was floored, but it did do a
bit to restore my faith in humanity.

Chris Sayer
P15, #2380, Akala
San Jose, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Eustace [mailto:eustacesteve@hotmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2000 12:45 PM
To: wwpotter@tscnet.com
Subject: Personal Watercraft Defensive Strategies

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Several weeks ago there was a lot of discussion on this list regarding
various ways of dealing with those obnoxious PWC's. Not all PWC operators
are jerks, but those that are can be irritating. A group of Hobie Cat
sailors have come up with a way to deal with the offenders. I make this
submission for the sake of intelligent discourse only. This is not to be
mistaken or construed as an endorsement of what you will see if you go to:

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/sailor570/pwchelp.htm

Yours in peace,

Steve Eustace
P15 #1157 Kokopelli
Euless, Texas

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