On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:33:34 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:23:19 -0400, HK wrote:

It's not an issue, except maybe to inexperienced ocean boaters.

That's debatable. Even experienced boaters sometimes snag a lobster
pot or foul an anchor line. That's how some of the
"stern-to-the-wave" incidents that I've heard about developed.

Been there, done that. In particular in and around The Race where the
lobsta men have these ridiculously long leads on their traps and bouys
and love to place them right where the best striper fishing is.