"DSK" wrote in

BTW you all should bear in mind that a floating dinghy painter can
still get pulled into the prop.

It isn't a choice between a floating painter or bringing the dinghy up
short in my navy. There are other reasons for the good seamanship of
bringing the dinghy in. The floating painter is added insurance
against forgetting. That will probably be when something distracting
is going on and fouling the prop would just make things worse.

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Roger Long