I would brave this marked course in a 21- footer provided...

[jonmyrlebailey]

no small-craft advisories were in effect, no fog banks are reported to be rolling in, summer weather and daylight hours only, proper sea anchor and line on board and after having had a full marine survey inspection on the boat and a boating safety course as from the Power Squadrons or USCG Axillary.

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I have been smashed against rocks by a big wave while monkeying around in the Marin Headlands, Rodeo Cove, and have been pulled out while swimming in an undertow area, Rodeo Beach, and no life vest, I swam,scared to death but keeping my head, parallel to the beach and was saved by a wave that rode me in

I have had my bouts with that fearsome cold-*** Northern California Pacific Ocean over the years. I have even fished on a party boat for salmon several times out of the Potato Patch but never heaved.

 

[DBreskin]

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It seems as if you've foolishly put yourself in life-threatening situations several times and had others put themselves at risk to save you.

Now you're asking for advice on how to put yourself at risk again. I don't think you have the knowledge and experience needed to survive the trip. If you did, you wouldn't be asking for advice here.

 

[Don S]

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proper sea anchor and line on board

Don't know what a sea anchor is or how it works do you?

I have been smashed against rocks by a big wave monkeying around in the Marin Headlands, Rodeo Cove, and have been pulled out while swimming in an undertow area, Rodeo Beach, and no life vest, I swam,scared to death but keeping my head, parallel to the beach and was saved by a wave that rode me in

I have had my bouts with that fearsome cold-*** Northern California Pacific Ocean over the years. I have even fished on a party boat for salmon several times out of the Potat

Ok, that is swimming, and riding on a charter boat. Fact still remains. You have no boating experience of your own do you?

That trip would be foolish at best.

 

[oldjeep]

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I'm really beginning to wonder if this is some 12 year old kid screwing around on the internet.

 

[jonmyrlebailey]

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Not asking advice on how to court death, but under certain circumstances, it looks doable.

No boating experience?

White water rafting in class 3 rapids: fell into a hole on the river while seated on the gunwale with no life jacket on but a backpack on instead and got bucked off as the raft hit the hole. Pulled in by two other rafters but survived. The life jacket went immediately on and the pack came off. Salmon River, Idaho...2001, summer

I owned a 14-foot Lowe w/ a 25-horse Johnson: no scary experiences on a flat-water lake there. The hardest part was loading onto a lousy-designed trailer: not an EZ Loader. I owned this boat for one year. Brand-new overpriced at $5,300 with no steering wheel even!

 

[spooky12]

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Not asking advice on how to court death, but under certain circumstances, it looks doable.

No boating experience?

White water rafting in class 3 rapids: fell into a hole on the river while seated on the gunwale with no life jacket on but a backpack on instead and got bucked off as the raft hit the hole. Pulled in by two other rafters but survived. The life jacket went immediately on and the pack came off. Salmon River, Idaho...2001, summer

I owned a 14-foot Lowe w/ a 25-horse Johnson: no scary experiences on a flat-water lake there. The hardest part was loading onto a lousy-designed trailer: not an EZ Loader. I owned this boat for one year. Brand-new overpriced at $5,300 with no steering wheel even!

See,he is experienced..LOL

 

[DBreskin]

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No boating experience?

White water rafting in class 3 rapids: fell into a hole on the river while seated on the gunwale with no life jacket on but a backpack on instead and got bucked off as the raft hit the hole. Pulled in by two other rafters but survived. The life jacket went immediately on and the pack came off. Salmon River, Idaho...2001, summer

Another instance of poor judgment followed by someone else saving you. You're not building confidence here.

 

[Frank Acampora]

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Common sense 'aint so very common. Close the stable door after the horse runs out----put on the PFD after falling overboard. Bet he doesn't wear a seatbelt while driving either. He'll put it on after the accident that ejects him from the vehicle. Then he'll have another "war story" to tell if he survives.

Stupid is Nature's way of getting rid of the chaff

 

[mikehollins]

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oh no! that's terrible!

 

[jonmyrlebailey]

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I am now 48 and have come to respect Mother Nature and water.

 

[jonmyrlebailey]

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No, a 48-year-old kid at heart.

 

[lncoop]

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Well, I'll say this for you. You have thick skin. Have to say though, I'm having a little trouble believing the no PFD on the Salmon story.

 

[QC]

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I'm having a little trouble believing the no PFD on the Salmon story.

Me too. In California ALL Salmon are required to wear PFDs regardless of their experience.

 

[lncoop]

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Me too. In California ALL Salmon are required to wear PFDs regardless of their experience.

Well, that's what you get for living in the PRC. We don't have no salmons around here, but if'n we did, they could swim around without PFDs to their hearts' content.

 

[smclear]

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Well, that's what you get for living in the PRC. We don't have no salmons around here, but if'n we did, they could swim around without PFDs to their hearts' content.

Hold on Incoop. You may want to re-think that and adopt a similar law. They're much easier to catch when wearing PFD's.

 

[lncoop]

Re: I would brave this marked course in a 21- footer provided...

Hold on Incoop. You may want to re-think that and adopt a similar law. They're much easier to catch when wearing PFD's.

Hmmmmmm. I saw a guy catch a fish once that had an internal PFD. Red Snapper as I recall. It was on a party boat out of Destin. He threw the poor critter back without puncturing its air bladder and it floated around on the surface until a dolphin ate it, but I digress. That's why we don't have a such a law these days. Whaddya think happened to all the salmon?

 

[jonmyrlebailey]

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While rafting on the Salmon RIVER, in Idaho, in the late summer of 2001, just one week before 9/11, I was not wearing my life jacket like an idiot. What is all this talk about a fish in a PFD!

 

[sam60]

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While rafting on the Salmon RIVER, in Idaho, in the late summer of 2001, just one week before 9/11, I was not wearing my life jacket like an idiot. What is all this talk about a fish in a PFD!

They are just gauging your skin thickness. And being funny..

 

[jonmyrlebailey]

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ok, some nautical humor just for the "halibut"

 

[bostonfishing]

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Isn't it scary sometime? I think this could ad to bad situation.