when my father was in the South Pacific during WWII, he told me of the
horror story of his ordeal - - - - he was in the US Army visiting a makeshift
"pub" operated by the US Navy and they started to party hardy.
the Navy guys invited the Army guys for a "boat ride" around the island.
my father, all of 18 years old and a fearless war seasoned veteran,
got all the way up on the bow where that little round thing is and straddled it.
with a beer in one hand and hanging on to a small rope with the other,
the PT skipper slammed the throttle full forward and the boat lunged up to
an estimated speed of 40 miles and hour.
after the "ride", my father has hated the Navy ever since (I spent 21 years there LOL).
after his war tour in the Philippines and Okinawa, Japan as a tank commander,
he said that boat ride was the most harrowing and scariest thing he has ever experienced in his life.
for me, I would love to catch a ride just once on one at the helm !!!! gotta be a fun boat.
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