Too bad he didn't think about attaching a galley knife to a boathook or broom handle with spiral clamps or even duct tape to cut the dinghy loose in the "several hours" he had before he lost his vane steering and put a big hole in his boat.
My point about my towing my dinghy is not that it is desirable or safe, it is not (I only do it because I am unable to lift it up onto the deck), but that I have done it safely for many years and thousands of miles. Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek FL 30 07.72N 081 38.4W > > I've got to chime in on this one............................. > > Towing a dink just does not make any sense, in any kind of condition. Its a > very risky practice and one that almost cost the life of the Captain on a > boat we were buddying with, in the Gulf Stream. >.... _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
