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"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message 
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> OK, I think 'I' know or thought I 'knew' how to signal for help from a
> boat, you open up the emergency kit you are supposed to have in Canadian
> boats and blow on the whistle in blasts of 3 while waving your arms right?
>
> Apparently that is Wrong.....
>
> I was out in the deep Canadian Bush, about 25 miles from the nearest
> phone coverage, near Bancroft Ontario, camping with my wife during
> opening weekend for Bass fishing and witnessed something both disgusting
> and scary, a young woman out in a boat alone close to the other side of
> the lake blowing '3 blast' shots on her whistle, while waving her arms
> and 'everyone' ignored her.
>
> There were 4 or 5 other boats on the lake closer than me on the shore
> that 'had' to have also heard the whistle shots and seen her.  One, the
> closest to her actually started up their engine and Moved Away from her!!!
>
> I went to her campsite and told her 'husband' that I think his wife is
> in trouble because she is blowing and waving and his comment was 'well
> what does she want me to do, swim out there?'  This is despite a 2 track
> trail going very close to where she was and him having an ATV sitting
> right there.
>
> Thankfully it wasn't a life threatening situation, it turns out she was
> 'just' really stuck on a rock and too scared or better said lacked the
> confidence in her ability to try and swim the boat off it.  The motor
> wouldn't do it.  She finally rocked the boat off the rock and then
> caught shit for damaging the bottom of the boat....
>
> The other boats on the lake were from local Hunt camps, not campers. It
> would seem to make a difference or something about helping?
>
> In my opinion that is totally disgusting and Just Plain Wrong.
>
> OK, now I feel better, Rant mode off....
>
> Mike
That is surprising when folks disregard the obvious.
A few years back, I was watching a demo of skydiving at Long Branch, NJ. 
The two jumpers intended to land on the beach, but strong winds pushed them 
far out to sea.   One jumper deliberately steered towards a small boat in 
the area, and that boat turned away from him and left.  He was later rescued 
by a lifeguard boat.