is there about it that is
iso addicting?
I’ve gone through five boats,

- ‘one houseboat, three wet -suits
S <a. dozen’ rubber

ince moving out tothe -
‘coasiin’ the’ mid-Sixties.” I've”

in, sailboats, out-

is time, getting
out. on ‘a boat still has a magical

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then, I account it high time to .

get to sea as soon as | can,.This

is my substitute for’ pistol and °

ball.””

Sing out, Hemmant Yeh, like
that.

Partially, of | course, the thrill
can: be‘attributed to: the hun-

“dreds of different kinds of ad-

renalin rushes that come with

being on the water, like when -
the engine conks ‘out’ or a line
gets: snagged: in‘a prop or-the
water starts backing up in the’

head or the radar goes in a fog
or the radio..won't work as
you're trying to get offa May-
day.

I don’t. know. which is the

_ more stimulating: going up ona

rock at: low tide or. feeling the
muffled ‘thump of: your keel

‘touching ‘sandy bottom. I've
“done both. My, the juices do
“get flowing! .
“The ‘mystery of the. lure of-
; being . out on.,the ocean: has .
ue ‘something, fo,do. I know in my
b :

watery grave for nothing.
It remains that: unlike most
outdoor activities, . boating

* doesn’t fold-up-and go away

just because of bad weather.
It’s when the weather gets bad
that boating gets great. Right,
team?. Team? Hello? Where’d
everybody g0?

I don’t wanna lay a macho

‘number on ya, or anything, but .
_it’s true, the sea: is beautiful

when its angry :

I’ve been lucky enough to be
out in a,couple of great storms
in my time, and there is simply
nothing more .exciting. These

things. are relative,- of :course.. {
Being out in the Strait. of —
Georgia in a 40 knot wind and -
five or six-foot waves is a major |

adventure if. you. happen to be

in & 20-foot boat, although: such.
conditions wouldn't: even be’
noticed from the seventh floor

of “a. vessel. like: the Royal
Princess.

Stil, 1 have ‘been ona”
freighter i in the North. Atlantic ;

during an early. winter gale that

-. lasted four days and once I was:
~- out in the middle’of, the Gulf of

stand out, vividly -as ‘the’ most:

thrilling hours of my life, Isn't _

that a bit of a paradox?

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beginning at 12:15 p.m.

lecture at WV Secondary

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The three university students,
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