"The_navigator©" wrote in message
...
| 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

No she got the point where you start the turn in across the interdock
channel (~60' wide) wrong and backed out for another try. Smart eh?

Cheers MC

Capt. Mooron wrote:
"The_navigator©" wrote in message
...
| 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

Yeah... but what's a Dan Bouy?

CM

"The_navigator©" wrote in message
...
| No she got the point where you start the turn in across the interdock
| channel (~60' wide) wrong and backed out for another try. Smart eh?
|
| Cheers MC
|
| Capt. Mooron wrote:
| "The_navigator©" wrote in message
| ...
| | 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
|
|
|

Don't worry your littkle head about it. It's only for serious off shore use.

Cheers MC

Capt. Mooron wrote:
Yeah... but what's a Dan Bouy?

CM

"The_navigator©" wrote in message
...
| No she got the point where you start the turn in across the interdock
| channel (~60' wide) wrong and backed out for another try. Smart eh?
|
| Cheers MC
|
| Capt. Mooron wrote:
| "The_navigator©" wrote in message
| ...
| | 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
|
|
|