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[camwyn]

BTW, those of you who've included me in your DR plans in the event of an apocalypse should know that I'm not gonna do the learn-to-sail thing after all. I used that Groupon I bought this summer for an intro to sailing lesson this weekend. Aside from starting off with "There's a small craft warning and winds gusting to 33 miles an hour so technically inexperienced mariners aren't supposed to be out there today", the lesson was pretty good and it was a neat experience, but it just didn't seize my interest enough to want to learn to handle the sail and the tiller at the same time. When you're tootling around Boston Harbor and you realize that you're more fascinated by how magnificent an airliner taking off over the water looks than by what you're actually doing in the boat, you're probably not really in your element.

And by 'your element' I mean I'm gonna stick to kayaking instead. Less separation from the act of being on the ocean or the river or whatever, and while it's mega-annoying to find yourself having to paddle against the wind I have found that to be less frustrating than trying to deal with being becalmed in a boat with no engine.

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[jothra]

It's cool. I can drive a motorboat out to an island and then we can row around.

[thebattycakes]

No worries! My apocalypse stronghold is at a high elevation in the desert for a reason!

If you ever learn how to drive a tank, though, that could be useful because I totally know where to get one. >.>

[camwyn]

I'll let you know. Right now it looks like my best chances for driving a tank all require one or more trips to Minnesota, but if that changes....

[eor]

I used to work in that bit of the flight path that is just before they cross that final water to land. Sometimes it feels like they are close enough that you could inspect the rivets as they go overhead.

[wedic]

Sailing is quite fun in the right conditions - it's horrible in the wrong conditions I agree, and I too prefer a kayak any day of the week.