.. How do you get the item? Would you ever abandon your boat to raft
over to him? Under any circumstances?

We've sailed in fleet before....everyone has their radios tuned to the same
channel and converses back and forth... when someone wants a beer from
another boat they radio to slow down, speed up, whatever and then there's a
hand-off or a toss....and auto-helm is used but noone ever leaves a boat
unattended piloted by a machine (at least I would hope not)

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katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein



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