[Rhodes22-list] My other "boat"

[Robert Skinner]

Brad,

Speaking of buzzing sailboats, I used to sail out 
of the Washington Sailing Marina.  One of the strips 
at National is aligned with the Potomac river.  When 
a big guy came into National, you could get knocked 
down by the vortex if you weren't ready for it.

If one of them rotated late, you could get blown into 
the next county.

Way fun!

/Robert
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Brad Haslett wrote:
> 
> Hank,
> 
> During my younger, braver days (high school), I used to buzz sailboats
> on Carlyle Lake, Bob Weber's home waters in Southern Illinois. It was fun to
> pull up and circle to see if they reacted.  Most of my friends were farm
> boys and they got the open tractors while their dad's had the cabs.  They
> couldn't hear a thing, so I'd sneak up behind them at head level and scare
> the wits out of them.  They'd leave a big squiggle in the field which seldom
> went unnoticed by their dads. On one of the many occasions I skipped school,
> I flattened my PE class on the exercise field.  They gave me a suspension
> which meant I didn't have to skip school on those day.  Smart thinking!
> 
> That was then, I'm happy to get from point A to B now.
> 
> Brad