Rod McInnis wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Don't go over the buoy.

If he could be sure of that, he wouldn't be practicing......


If I catch one and it prop-wraps me, I just cut it loose.


You sure make that sound easy!

You better include a mask and make sure you have a knife with a good
serrated edge.


A mask? Nah, on our Parker I just hop onto the outboard bracket and
slice off the offending line. I've done it twice this year. On our
inboard, the shaft is equipped with spurs, and as far as I can tell,
they work just fine.


When you wrap a rope to the point that it stalls the engine
it can get really hot and actually fuse the nylon together, making it
impossible to unwrap. You might be able to cut the ball loose and leave the
wad wrapped around the shaft until you can haul the boat, but it would be
far better to cut it all free before attempting to make way again.

If you are not good at holding your breath and working under water then you
should be extra careful to avoid wrapping a line.


Kinda hard to do at night, Rod, since you usually cannot see the floats,
they don't show up on radar, and in Chesapeake Bay, they're all over
the place, and typically where you don't expect them. Perhaps we
shouldn't boat at night...


--
"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