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Walt Walt is offline
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First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Jul 2006
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Default whipping or dipping?

Maxprop wrote:

"Walt" wrote
DSK wrote:


I like a polypro/dynema blend for sheets because they don't absorb
water; lines that absorb water can freeze, then they won't run through
the block, and then you capsize. I hate it when that happens.

I especially dislike the "clunk" it makes, capsizing into frozen water.


When this happend to me, the water was liquid, but the air temp was below
freezing. So no "clunk", just a splash, followed immediately by the sort
of vocalization you might expect under the circumstances.



Have you been frostbiting, Walt?


I'm not sure the exact technical definition of that word, but yeah, I
think so. I usually get out on the water the day the lake thaws.
Sometimes there's still ice floating around. Does that count?

//Walt