"The_navigator©" wrote in message
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| The weather was fair and the high winds had subsided this WE so we did
| some offshore MOB drills. Threw the Dan buoy over and the damn thing
| nearly sank! I could not see any defect in the float. Just a warning,
| your Dan buoy may be near useless so test it! Bought a new one ~80 USD.
| How many here have them I wonder -they really are essential off shore kit.

What's a "Dan Bouy"???


| Then my partner mader her first docking (on the second try). This is
| impressive because the 40' long dock is only 3' wider than the boat so
| it really takes some fine judgement. We did not even touch the side!

It sounds from the description you gave that the little lady put Ella bang
*onto* the dock....

CM