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Show ibai is ( struck sta-tick statick ) it is more difficult 314 to get off ( than thall ) ( when Whe-11 Whe11 ) boating upstream because the current keeps ( shov shov- shov ) ing the boat tighter against the bar . ( R . 1168 . ) So far as ( ease case ) of navigation with this large boat is concerned , leaving out the question of speed , with reference up or down stream , ordinarily going ( up- up ) stream run ( on oil ) to a bar , ( can call ) back off of it and try it again , but in numerous cases have found going ( up- up ) stream no places deep enough that could use the rudder properly and hold it upstream ; find it very difficult to go upstream , because ( couldn't couldnt ) handle the boat ; it would turn around ; the back end of the boat strikes bottom , and you lose your rudder control of your boat ; you ( can't cant ) handle it . ( R . 1168-1169 . ) Bars are occasionally encountered in high water because it is impossible to see ( where Nhere ) the bars are and it is natural to attempt to cut across corners in boating . If no trouble were encountered the trip from ( Moab Aloab ) down to Shafer No . 1 well would consume from two to two and ( one-half onehalf ) hours ; the return trip consuming from six to seven hours , sometimes longer . The boat could be taken down stream in that time about ( twenty-five twentyfive ) per cent of the time ; the other ( seventy-five seventyfive sevelity-five sevelityfive ) per cent would take longer ( be- be ) , cause of trouble with sand bars . ( R . 1169-1170 . ) The greatest length of time ever consumed in that ( 1rip Irip ) downstream was one trip to No . 2 well , as they call it , ( twenty-seven twentyseven ) or ( twenty-eight twentyeight ) miles |