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Re: Canoe safety (was Laser Tag)
Alpvalsys@AOL.COM
Sat, 24 Apr 1999 20:49:34 EDT
In a message dated 99-04-24 05:46:09 EDT, Woodrow M Dotson II write:
<< I would like to also play a game I read about in an older Boy Scout
publication. It was like jousting with canoes using padded sticks. >>
Woodrow,
With today's canoes this could be a very dangerous activity. Most older
canoes, the wood and canvas variety, frequently had only a couple of thwarts
(that's the piece of wood that goes across the width of the canoe and holds
the sides at a set distance) so the middle of the canoe was quite open.
Modern canoes will have not only the thwarts, but two or three
permanently-mounted seats; there's just no room for safe activity other than
paddling. And, as an avid paddler myself, I'd suggest you leave the
horseplay for shore-based activities if you must have them.
Ralph V. Balfoort, Unit Commissioner
Albany, NY
I used to be a Beaver.... (NE III-135)
In the Beaver Patrol as a Scout, too,
and now Ktemaque (Beaver) Chapter,
Haudenosaunee Lodge #19, OA
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