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Show 7470 Tasker- D 5449 of the river; he might get stuck, or might not; all depends on how the channel was, the current. Numerous times you could go right to the place he would send you without a bit of difficulty; other times you would have to get out and wade. Q So far as your personal experience goes, with your boat, did your boat, so far as you recall, ever hit a sandbar or get stuck on a sandbar while it was in the channel of the river, on the entire stretch from the foot of Cataract canyon to the Utah- Arizona line? A No. Q Did you, so far as you were concerned, ever have any difficulty in determine the approximate location of the channel of the river? A If the wind was blowing and it was rough, it is hard to determine the channel; if it is not, you usually find it without any difficulty. Q Did you ever hit a sandbar or get stuck on the trip, that portion of the trip I am now referring to, so far as you recall, except where you deliberately left what you knew to be the channel of the river? A Not as I remember. Q Did you ever see any boat or any other member of the party stuck on any sandbar in the channel of the river? A No. |