Dooley raised a point..............he will be down in Veracruz in a few days

Dooley had commented how he saw a quote by Bill Nealy and had never seen it before so I went and got the book and here a couple of more quotes. In case you had never meet Mr. Nealy he hated being called Bill. So with him being a butt boater Bailey and me always called him Bill.

Canoe-A.K.A. “open boat”, “pig boat”- an elongated symmetrical open river craft with a rigid hull. A canoe with a deck is referred to as a “decked canoe”.

Canoeist –A.K.A. “open boater” Anyone who paddles an open canoe. Tandem canoeists are known for their constant, loud repartee concerning whose fault it was that the boat got flipped. Solo canoeists are well known for their smug attitudes regarding all decked boaters, particularly Kayakers. Recognized by their total lack of fear when swimming in Class V water. Usually heard saying “shit” that’s easy with two blades. Thought of as being obnoxious and demented by most kayakers, open boaters are useful in river rescue when not being rescued themselves. Even though canoes can run anything a decked can (despite what they think out west) open boaters are very insecure about the capabilities of their chosen river craft. It is the sacred duty of all Kayakers to tease canoeists.

C-boat- A decked canoe. A C-1 is a single person boat and is usually paddled by mature-but-macho individuals. A C-2 is paddled by two persons who constantly scream at each other. A C-2 paddled by a married couple is usually referred to as a “D-I-V-O-R-C-E Boat”.

C-boater- Possibly the most butch of all whitewater personality types, C-boaters thins all other boater are wimps, period. Kayakers are considered to be beneath contempt. When not crawling around on hands and knees at the takeout sobbing “my ankles….my knees..” they can be observed ice picking unattended kayaks in the parking area. Non C-boater considers C-boater to be a misguided and masochistic lot.