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When I was a kid, I had the experience of riding across several miles of an angry
Lake Ontario in a DUKW which still even had its khaki paint! This was one of two
which serviced an offshore island hunt camp I had been invited to (pheasant).
It was something to remember... rolling though the troughs, pitching across the
breakers like a child's toy... but it never shipped a pint of water! It eventually
took us to a secondary landing beach (the primary was too exposed to the foul
weather) and then we had the great, giddy pleasure of travelling along several
miles of shore road to get to our cars. What a hoot! I've always liked them since
then. I'd have one in a second if the price were right.
I don't know about doing the Channel, though. The last time I went across on the
hovercraft, it was like threading your way between the freighters through
rush-hour traffic. Be fun if you could pull it off, though!
-- Regards,Geoff Winnington-Ball MAPLE LEAF UP! ==> Zephyr, Ontario, Canada ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Maple Leaf Up - The Canadian Army Overseas in WW2 http://www.mapleleafup.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment http://www.1cacr.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Gordon.W.I. McMillan" wrote:
> *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* > Been done.... > > DUKWs are very usable on the open sea, the main problem is visablity > (ships seeing you, that is) > > Gordon (owner of 14962) > > ===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list=== > To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: <mil-veh-off@uller.skylee.com> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, send e-mail to <mil-veh-digest@uller.skylee.com> > Send administrative queries to <mil-veh-request@uller.skylee.com>
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