I always leave a beer taped to the stern rail - provides real incentive for me to get back into the boat -
Dave - treading water C27 #5212 Windabout Cape Cod, MA http://dpbcc.home.comcast.net -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Maddox Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 8:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: Re: Single-handling And I'll race tf up the line. I'll bet both of us make it. You gotta double the bet, though. And in ghosting conditions (current aside), couldn't you practically swim to the boat? Why would pulling yourself along a line be harder? Am I missing something here? Chris 6-0, 180 and not exactly a jock but I could use the $50 towards my next Hinckley At 08:28 PM 12/6/2005, you wrote: > >>1. Anecdotal evidence that a trailing line probably won't work. Several >posters noted the difficulty of pulling themselves back to the boat even >in ghosting conditions. At any speed, it's not going to happen.<< > >this is a gross overgeneralization. > >look, if you're 5'7" and you weigh 225, you probably cant. > >but if any of you wanna lay a little dough on it, I'd be happy >to prove the above statement wrong, once it warms up next summer. > >you gotta pay to play, though. put up 50 bucks and I'll get >one of my C27 buds to video tape it. > >tf >betting man
