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"Roger Long" wrote:

Ansley W. Sawyer wrote:

trap lines and toggles. But I was wrong! I found that when a line
went under the keel and the buoy was along side of the boat sometimes
the buoy would be pulled under and it would wrap around the cable and
secure me well to the trap.

This confirms my expectations about the arrangement. If there is any
leeway,

We catch crab pot traps fairly often on the Chesapeake, but only when we
have significant leeway. If we're doing 6 knots, I don't recall picking
one up.

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