Warning off the unprepared

[Graham W]

WaterTribe Events in the USA run various long distance sail & oar races in Florida, Minnesota and North Carolina.  Their 300-mile Everglades Challenge is probably the best known of these.  Think Sail Caledonia on steroids, with hot weather and snakes.

In an attempt to warn off novice sailors who think that their events might make a nice day out, and possibly to inject a bit of reverse marketing into their campaign, they have published this doom-laden warning about their events https://www.watertribe.com/PDF/MustRead/WaterTribeWarning.pdf.  Some of it might even be true!

[garethrow]

Well - at least I don't need to worry about rattle snakes, alligators or pythons in my risk assessment for this season's sailing on balmy UK waters!

Gareth Rowlands
BR20 Halen Y Mor

[Sea Simon]

I love the bit about risks from two legged "creatures" ...

have you seen the Burt Reynolds classic film "Deliverance"?
Some say it's set in the Carolinas?....I've never been that way...

[Graham W]

have you seen the Burt Reynolds classic film "Deliverance"?

To encourage my raid crews to row faster, I claim to be able to hear banjos.