Show local boaters join cruise 1 in so utah A record number of well weil tanned and breezed kissed boaters boater arrived in moab sunday as the 1961 1901 annual friendship cruise flowed to a safe and successful ending those enjoying the cruise from vernal were mr and mrs warren mott and dennis dr and mrs dart dan Q price mr and mrs tex mr and mrs bunny martin dean reynolds and lynn pope final tabulations showed registered and about IS 13 unregistered watso boats a record number in either class made the river run from green river to moab over the weekend the low water scare obviously had little effect on the number of boats as the final figure beat the previous high by almost craft the veterans of 0 the cruise said sunday the colorado was calmer and easier to run up than ever before the big river had gone up some two feet in recent days and this made the going good except for a lot of driftwood which the waters boaters had to dodge the famous sude slide a short distance up the colorado from the fork of the rivers was relatively harmless as the boaters made it through the narrow rapids without much trouble it was reported that there were a couple of capsizes near green river saturday morning and two boats collided saturday evening near anderson andersen bottom but there were no serious injuries reported J by the sponsoring canyon Cour country dry river marathon I 1 winds and some light rain had boaters running for cover and the old vets veto had trouble telling the wind whip ped ripples from the ones signifying sand bars the wind also blew small rocks off the canyon walls and petted the boaters adding to the misery however most of the trying moments came in the tint first BO 50 miles of the run |