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Show 111 one of the Moab Garage Company boats, which is perhaps slightly larger, not much larger, than that. Q Did you have any difficulty in operating that boat? either upstream or downstream? A When we went down the first time we did not know anything about the channel, and we were continually running on sandbars and dodging rocks and jumping overboard and poling the boat over the riffles. Upstream-- well, going both ways-- we would operate it with a man sitting on the bow constantly, trying to pick the channel; sometimes he would pick it and sometimes he would not. We would jump overboard, or fall off, when we got stuck. Q How about the second trip? A On the second trip the boat was operated by Virgil Baldwin, of Moab, who has operated Moab Garage Company boats on the river, and is able to pick the channel; but even with his experience he could not pick it constantly, and he had to watch it carefully each time. Q I believe you wore a bathing suit on this trip. A I did. Q Did you ever see this boat called the " Moab Garage"? A Yes, sir. Q Did you ever see that stuck on a sandbar near Moab? A I have not personally seen it stuck myself. I have heard of its being stuck several times. I have never seen it 2071 |
