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Originally Posted by Evenstar
I’ve put out that offer several times, but none of the speed limit opponents have had the guts to take me up on it yet.
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Really? You must have been reading
too fast 
to have seen Mee-n-Mac's message #347 where it is said:
"Tell you what, let's do our own study this summer on Winni. Let's you and I go out paddling for a day and see how many close calls we have."
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Originally Posted by Evenstar msg 346 to Airwaves,
{snip} 2.) You also failed to mention that I made that post over 3 years ago! And that this particular episode happen during the summer of 2003 – before I had even bought my sea kayak. A sea kayak handles large waves and wakes much better than a recreational kayak. {snip} an idiot at 90mph is much more dangerous than one at 45mph. {snip} Now why don’t you get a life, or at least take up a hobby or something.
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You do not use a recreational vessel but want us recreational boaters to slow down so you get a feeling of safety? Sport Kayaking vs recreational kayaking.
Your knowledge of boating goes back 5 or 6 years compared to those of us who have been boating on Winnie (and/or elsewhere) for decades. How can you expect IDIOTS to follow more rules when you say they can't follow the current rules? It is not logical.
Maybe you could adjust your
Professional Kayaking to ease your visibility concerns. Add a thin flag to a 3 foot stick on your helmet. Or maybe add an always vertical whip (just a few feet would do) with streamers, a flag, pennant or even a balloon. Even if you flipped over, your thing would stick up and be seen. You could increase your visibility all by yourself without involving the entire boating community.
BTW, my boat can only go get to 40 mph DOWNHILL
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