Just make sure the specific gravity for this line is less than 1 (A line designed to float not sink like most of what you have on board). Tie knots every 5 feet or so. It would be a damn shame to have a smooth line slip out of cold hands.
We’ve gone swimming (in lifejackets) with the chute up and two such lines dragging in near calm conditions. It felt a little funny when all three of us were in the water but we were in a small finger of a warm inland lake on a 100° plus day. The worst outcome I could imagine is the boat going aground in mud if it got away. Phil From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Amy Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 5:36 AM To: [email protected] 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 <[email protected]> wrote: From: Ron Ginter <[email protected]> Subject: [IC27A] swimming from the boat? To: [email protected] 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
