On Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:44:03 -0500, Happy John
wrote:

Yes, but I would rather reach for a rope with the pole, than a hook on a
bouy.

Well, you couldn't have a bunch of lines floating around all the buoys, or there'd be a lot of lines
fouled in props. The link is to the map of Annapolis. If you zoom in directly south of the traffic
circle at the Naval Academy, you can actually pick out the lines of buoys, some with boats attached.
As they all float around with the tides and winds, the lines would just add another element of
danger to the mess.

http://tinyurl.com/7wkykgk

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In actual practice it is not really an issue. In over 40 years of
boating in and around mooring fields, only once have I snagged a
mooring line - my own as I was trying to pick it up from the stern,
single handing on a windy day. No damage as it turned out and my
diver had me loose in an hour or so.