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BE CAREFUL GOING OUT IN THE OCEAN IN A JONBOAT EVEN ON THE CALMEST DAYS THE SEAS CAN KICK UP AT ANY TIME ESPECIALLY ONLY A 14 FOOTER THEY CAN GET SWAMPED VERY EASILY i HAVE EXPERIANCED THAT FIRST HAND AND WE WERE ONLY IN THE BAY WHEN A SWELL TURNED ON AND WE GOT SWAMPED BY THE ROLLERS THERE IS NOT MUCH TO THE SIDES OF A JONBOAT AND THE FLAT BOTTOM MAKES IT HARD TO HOLD A POSITION WHEN THE WINDS KICK UP i LOST ALL MY GEAR THAT DAY ITS SITTING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BAY IT HAPPENED WHEN i WAS ABOUT FIFTEEN SO THAT WOULD BE 32 YEARS AGO BUT i NEVER FORGOT THAT WAS WHEN i LEARNED TO RESPECT THE WATER AND NEVER TAKE IT FOR GRANTED JUST MY 2 CENTS
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