Thanks to all, Your replies have given me some good ideas, and a note of caution. There isn't much current in Lake Ontario, unless you're out in the middle, and on a calm day the boat won't get blown away. I'll probably do a few test dips with a line attached at first just to see how much movement there is. I'm not a strong swimmer, and don't want to get caught out.
...Ron On 2010 Mar 24, at 4:14 PM, Phil Agur wrote: > > > 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 > > > > >
