Check out this link to a letter to the editor in today's Victoria Times-Colonist.
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/to...057/story.html
These rower caused incidents/accidents at Elk Lake are commonplace. The incident noted in the letter
happened January 07. Another incident on November 27, 2010, had an angler rescue a rower from the
water after he collided with one of the large Transport Canada buoys in the lake. If you know of anyone
involved in an incident on Elk Lake please have them file a report with Saanich Police and Transport
Canada. Conditions/restrictions on rowing to alleviate these accidents will not happen unless we all
document the information and file reports.
They are a very daft group and have been almost hit many times with the telling me to watch where i'm going doing 1 mph in my float tube. Imagine driving a power boat backwards with no spotter seems crazy right? But these guys do it all day long. I guess i would think different if I had on head to toe spandex too.
I hear ya on this one SS...........
I think holmes grabbed my junk in the "pile on" though....I found it inappropriate but I was released gently; given what we were piling on about I found it educational as to a good release.~ Pip
And Lipripper - until you have been there, I would strongly suggest you STFU. ~ bigbruce
LOL, ya but it looks so good!I guess i would think different if I had on head to toe spandex too.
I have nearly been hit in my tube multiple times - thankfully no accidents yet..... I wear a whistle on my fishing vest just for those occasions.
I think a simple rearview mirror would help the situation, and the extra weight on their training boats might help them be faster in races. But I think they would fight that, because they are better than the lowly fishermen, and think they were there first....
Catch and release -- into my frying pan.
I don't wear a whistle, I take a big bejesus air horn. It works well. The thing that scares me are some of the very near misses I've witnessed when there are open water swimmers in the water practicing for iron men competitions. Plunk a swimmer in the head with a skull and its all over.
Why don't the coaching boats ever tell the rowers when they are getting close to a fisherman???? They just seem to sit on their hands and act mute?
I am going to grab me oneOriginally Posted by winephart
..... and wait till they are really close...... And help them out of the water after they leap off their boat.
Never really had a prob with the ones with the coaches following.... just the random rowers with the 'pods on...Have come real close multiple times
Last edited by Lipripper; 02-01-2011 at 09:13 PM.
I think holmes grabbed my junk in the "pile on" though....I found it inappropriate but I was released gently; given what we were piling on about I found it educational as to a good release.And Lipripper - until you have been there, I would strongly suggest you STFU. ~ bigbruce
We were talking about getting one of them for the 10yr old..... not sure I would shoot it at random ppl
Good to see your still alive holmes*
I think holmes grabbed my junk in the "pile on" though....I found it inappropriate but I was released gently; given what we were piling on about I found it educational as to a good release.And Lipripper - until you have been there, I would strongly suggest you STFU. ~ bigbruce
Nice Holmes shooting kids with a paint ball gun.. Real role model you are !!
Hey now....... I wanna shoot my 10 yr old with a paintball gun..... don't misplace the credit....
The ones on Elk are mostly teenagers....Big difference.... They deserve it
In case you didn't notice... tongue is in cheek
I think holmes grabbed my junk in the "pile on" though....I found it inappropriate but I was released gently; given what we were piling on about I found it educational as to a good release.And Lipripper - until you have been there, I would strongly suggest you STFU. ~ bigbruce
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