"Martin Baxter" wrote in message

| Bingo! BB wins the cupie doll! Anybody here ever tried this trick? Even
if you do it on purpose,
| just to see, it's pretty much impossible even with a 25 foot line. Before
anyone hangs a line of
| their stern and thinks that this is a substitute for proper seamanship
they should try it, with someone
| still on the boat to drive of course, your illusions of safety will be
quickly evaporated.

I tried it on Overproof at about four knots....... I just tagged the 3/4
mark of a 100 foot floating yellow 3/4" line. This was knowing what was
about to occur. There is no way to pull yourself up that rope! NO WAY!

CM