[Rhodes22-list] Further Explanation Of How We Avoided The Rapids Last Saturday

[Chris Geankoplis]

Yes, calculate everything, run it through your experience filter, balance
the cost benefit and then commit.  Good job.
Chris Geankoplis
S/V Enosis

On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 1:43 AM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:

> Chris,
>
> Especially on the return trip, heavily laden with gear & towing 2 more
> boats with only a trolling motor, getting sucked into those rapids would
> have been the start of a bad day on the water!  My wife won’t let me have
> that kind of excitement.  😉  You have to believe in yourself, your
> experience, your equipment, and boat handling skills.  But, there were
> still several long tense minutes as we pulled away from the Jon Boat
> Landing Site.  The trolling motor had barely sufficient thrust to push us
> out of there.
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
>
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> From: Chris Geankoplis<mailto:chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2020 9:34 PM
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> Rapids Last Saturday
>
> Ah, now I understand.  Stil might have been an unintended class 3/4 rapid
> run?
>
> Chris Geankoplis
> S/V Enosis
>
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 6:37 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <Roger_Pihlaja at msn.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I apologize for offering such a poor explanation of how we avoided the
> > class 3 rapids at the ruptured M-30 causeway in our 12 ft Jon boat with
> > only a trolling motor last Saturday.  The attached aerial photo may make
> it
> > a little more clear.  By coming in well to the west of the rapids and
> then
> > hugging the Wixom Dam as we moved east, we were able to work our way
> into a
> > calm spot on the shoreline just upstream of the rapids.  Hopefully, this
> > helps.
> >
> > Roger Pihlaja
> > S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
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