That little ad to the right of the Google groups reminds me of one day
when I ran aground and was asleep waiting for the tide to rise. My
friend had been talking to a powerboater who volunteered to pull us
off. I came out of the cabin just in time to see the powerboat get a
running start. As I frantically waved my arms for him to stop, he hit
the limit of the rope and pulled his transom off going about 25 kts.
Being too stunned to fall over laughing, I acted nice and gave him a
gallon of epoxy and some glass matting. We did help him recover his
engine and pushed him onto the beach.