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SURFING WAKES UP MISSISSIPPI
Anyone out there know whether this can be/is/has been done? What legal
authorities may have control over such activities? State police, local, USCG??? Is it feasible from a wave-catching and at-least-it's-not-illegal-just-yet standpoint? Past stern-wheeler wake-surfing experience has made me dream of floating down to New Orleans and then trying to "hitch-hike" back upstream. All comments welcome, even if it's just to tell me I am an irresponsible moron |
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SURFING WAKES UP MISSISSIPPI
"GEO" wrote in message news:jXuFg.433066$IK3.10384@pd7tw1no... All comments welcome, even if it's just to tell me I am an irresponsible moron This is just too simple. --riverman |
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SURFING WAKES UP MISSISSIPPI
On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 02:45:35 GMT, "GEO" wrote:
All comments welcome, even if it's just to tell me I am an irresponsible moron Well, yeah, but it sounds like a fun idea. I'll keep an eye on this thread. Nothing I'd ever care to do, but, as I said, fun to think about. -- r.bc: vixen Speaker to squirrels, willow watcher, etc.. Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless. Really. http://www.visi.com/~cyli |
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SURFING WAKES UP MISSISSIPPI
Per GEO:
Past stern-wheeler wake-surfing experience has made me dream of floating down to New Orleans and then trying to "hitch-hike" back upstream. Geeze!... How high are the wakes on those things? -- PeteCresswell |
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SURFING WAKES UP MISSISSIPPI
"(PeteCresswell)" wrote in message ... Per GEO: Past stern-wheeler wake-surfing experience has made me dream of floating down to New Orleans and then trying to "hitch-hike" back upstream. Geeze!... How high are the wakes on those things? -- I don't know about stern-wheelers, but I once surfed the bow wave of a ferry through the ship canal from Lake Washington to Puget Sound, for a distance of about a mile. I could keep my spacing from the vessel at about 15-20 feet, and the bow wave was about 4 feet tall and clean. It was just a case of laying on a nice low brace and smiling at the people. --riverman |
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I'm sure Mississippi is asleep, but I doubt if surfing will wake it up.
Ka-POW!
-Richard, His Kanubic Travesty -- ================================================== ==================== Richard Hopley Winston-Salem, NC, USA rhopley[at]earthlink[dot]net Nothing really matters except Boats, Sex, and Rock'n'Roll rhopley[at]wfubmc[dot]edu OK, OK; computer programming for scientific research also matters ================================================== ==================== GEO wrote: Anyone out there know whether this can be/is/has been done? What legal authorities may have control over such activities? State police, local, USCG??? Is it feasible from a wave-catching and at-least-it's-not-illegal-just-yet standpoint? Past stern-wheeler wake-surfing experience has made me dream of floating down to New Orleans and then trying to "hitch-hike" back upstream. All comments welcome, even if it's just to tell me I am an irresponsible moron |
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