"Bart Senior" wrote in message
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I read a story by Tristan Jones that one should always drag a line
behind you. It would make sense if it was tied to the wheel
somehow, to stall the boat or heave-to, or popped all the sheets
out of their cleats. It makes more sense to wear a tether, or two.

Tristan Jones also said you should have a collision patch rigged
and ready to go on deck. I don't know anyone who does this.
It would get in the way, come apart, or get snarled beyond usability.

That was when I realized, Jones was starving and desparately trying
to impress his uninformed editors enough to get published, so he
could eat. He was not writing worthwhile books.


Of course you must have read by now that Tristan was a fraud, his entire
life story was a work of fiction, even his name.

http://tinylink.com/?MpHaSQE6hm

The funny thing, the author started out as an admirer trying to write a
biography of Jones, he dug up all this information researching the book.

John Cairns