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"By KARE BEGRICH

There: is. a special’ feeling “
The. f:

Seagulls ; seems less raucous.
‘Who doesn’t have the urge to

' “get into the water and take:

the-boat fora spin? —

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‘During my recent visit to
- Florida’ a. newspaper - pub- .

‘lished, with a “prominent

display, a ‘letter from an
” aggravated ‘citizen. who. ac-
“J. cused, _boatmen’ ‘of owning
re cand ‘operating * ‘pas guzzlers, _
. - Het evens ‘called * them ‘fuel’. -
“ hogs. “My. first réaction’ was -
. “ to agree “with him, since I.
+) have’ witnessed: many sense-
‘ less: races: -among:. private

‘: ‘power boat owners.

Springtime. might cause |

may of you power boaters
’ out there.to push the throttle
‘all. -the way. forward. I

_' therefore dedicate
L column to you. —

this

:. to. the. .enetgy ‘crisis
igh fuel costs, power
ng” ‘geems,, ta: be a.

’ Conspicuous ‘consumer. In

today’s world, where politics

- and economics ‘are: frequently

. confused, power boaters are
‘a highly: visible - target for

Jandsmen -who are just as

- puzzled and. concerned as

‘you are. -

ree

if all motor boating ‘was

_-banned.,, the amount, of fuel

saved would be equivalent to
approximately* one tea cup

‘ » {sper automobile per day, the -
newsletter read..I think they
. forget that millions of power-

boat: owners

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;automobiles, .And many of
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conspicuous - but © “you're not
heavy consumers.

* Landsmen will, continue: to. “took ip” non- n-highway con-
think -of you as fonspicuous> . sumption figures’ in the.
consumers, ‘Bute arm: ‘youre? -P. World Almanac and figure it

g “they? itop off: tanks. This.” -w flo it: FOE: -himself—nat_ forget-, Nevertheless, "gasoline

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among boaters, because only fuel use ot boats’ ees to P includé farm—and: sconstruc- - cheaper,— but ‘apparently it forever.
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‘it pays. any’ power boat-—or
.. even sailboat skipper to think
terms of fuel. economy. The
days when we could afford to
waste. fuel are Bone, maybe

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