I heard of an old guy...in his 70s or so who's boat got away from
him during a storm. He was anchored and motoring, I believe and
the rode parted. He was thrown off the boat, which then motored
away, turned around on its own toward him. As it went by, he
grabbed on the hauled himself in.

Has anyone else heard this or has the reference?

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OzOne wrote in message ...
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 07:34:34 -0400, Martin Baxter
scribbled thusly:

wrote:

O


Highly unlikely that you were able to grab a 15 foot line at that
speed, much
less hang on and pull yourself back to the boat. By the time you hit
the water
and spun, the line was already gone.

BB

Bingo! BB wins the cupie doll! Anybody here ever tried this trick? Even
if you do it on purpose,
just to see, it's pretty much impossible even with a 25 foot line.
Before anyone hangs a line of
their stern and thinks that this is a substitute for proper seamanship
they should try it, with someone
still on the boat to drive of course, your illusions of safety will be
quickly evaporated.

Cheers
Marty

We have to assume that in this case the line was caught and
held...make it 100' long if you wish.


Oz1...of the 3 twins.

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