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Show Boat Breaks Lines, Drifts Down River High water in the Colorado Col-orado River caused some problems for Tex Mc-Clatchy Mc-Clatchy last weekend when the water reached his 60 passenger jet boat in drydock at the Texas-gulf Texas-gulf landing. Tne waters floated the boat downstream, down-stream, unmanned for about 35 miles until it was spotted about 55 miles downstream from Moab by Seasonal Park Ranger John Ebersoland Volunteer in Park Service, Ser-vice, Rick Simmons. They were in the area on a study of big horn sheep. The two men secured the jet boat to their small craft and then tied it to the bank. They then radioed rad-ioed to Park Service and word was sent to Mc-Clatchy Mc-Clatchy and he began rescue operations in the Canyon King paddle-wheeler. paddle-wheeler. The trip downriver down-river took about 4-12 hours and the trip back required an overnight stay. The stray boat was finally returned to its dock 24 hours after the rescue operations were begun. |