He says he likes backing up to balls 'cos they are slimy

OH...those kind of balls...I thought you were talking about moorings...we carpeted our mooring ball so it doesn't bong on the
side of the boat when there's some wave action. We did learn one thing this week, though. If there is a 3 foot wall of motor
boat wave coming at you, get your dinghy (with you in it) away from the back end of the boat...you could really get sucked under
there big time if you didn't take care....I fortunately had the swim ladder in my hand and pushed off before having the stern
end land on top of me....dang motor boat freakoids...they zoom right up to the channel markers and then put on the brakes
leaving a wall of water in their wake; they're still legal though, since they are under 5 knots as they enter the morring
basin...
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