Use life sling/nylon/ski tow rope... so that it floats in the water. I always hooked up a few lines off the back and let them trail.
Derek.- ________________________________ From: Amy <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, March 24, 2010 8:36:27 AM Subject: Re: [IC27A] swimming from the boat? Swim with a line tied to the back of the boat. I have no idea what the currents and winds are in the Great Lakes, but if you have a long line tied to your back cleat and just swim behind the boat, you should be fine. Amy --- On Wed, 3/24/10, Ron Ginter <rongin...@rogers. com> wrote: >From: Ron Ginter <rongin...@rogers. com> >Subject: [IC27A] swimming from the boat? >To: ic...@yahoogroups. com >Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 8:18 AM > > > >Ok, this is probably a really stupid question. Back in the olden days when I >was on a race crew in Lake Erie, there was the odd time when we would abandon >a race due to lack of wind, and just go swimming. I was an invincible teenager >at the time, and never thought about anything that could go wrong. > >If the boat is just drifting, is there a chance that it could drift away from >someone who has just jumped into the water? Would any current in the water >affect the boat and the swimmer much the same? Could an average swimmer >overcome it and "catch up" to the boat? The obvious solution is to drop >anchor, but I have discovered to my dismay that much of Lake Ontario is too >deep, unlike Lake Erie. > >I'd only be interested in swimming on a hot calm day. Also, it probably >wouldn't be a bad idea to jump in and float around in a PFD once in a while as >a test. I have this mental image of coming up out of the water only to see the >boat receding into > the distance. > >Any thoughts? > >...Ron
