Gary Warner wrote:

I've been reading the Boat Docking by Charles Low. Good stuff.

He suggesting practicing manuvers and getting a feel for how the boat
responds. We have a calm lake nearby and I'd like to practice there.

I'm thinking that setting up some marker buoys as the "dock"
or as points of reference would be good. But I'm worried that
if I tie something that floats to a weight the rope might get
caught in the prop if I end up going over buoy.

Any suggestions??

-gw




Don't go over the buoy.

Just carry a long, sharp knife on board. Chesapeake Bay is littered with
crab pots, and many of them are placed nowhere near areas set aside for
them. If I catch one and it prop-wraps me, I just cut it loose.



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"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in
Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me -
you can't get fooled again." -George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept.
17, 2002