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Does full boat help?
Posted by: Booztalkin on Jun-20-12 5:37 PM (EST)

It has happened to me a fee times. Stuck in a side surf and "the tractor beam" grabs the boat and I can't get out. Eventually I start taking water over the gunwales, and eventually the boat fills up. At that point, I have been able to paddle the boat out, albeit slowly and precariously.

Is there any reason a full, wallowing canoe paddles out when the empty boat won't ?

~~Chip

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