From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Richard Smith"  wrote in message news:m1wm0flzov.fsf@void.com...   
      
   The rope was already attached to the boats bits, and had just had the   
   loop of its eye-spliced end put around our barge's bollard.  The line   
   would have gone tight as the vessel powered against that spring-line   
   with the rudders over 45deg to bring its stern in against our barge   
   despite the fast current onto its stern.   
      
   Even running-out through the fairlead the boatperson didn't have good   
   prospects.   
      
   There was no entanglement with the propeller.   
   To advantage - in general polypropylene rope floats - don't get any   
   lose on the water, but most of the time a mishap will be got-away-with   
   as the rope floats clear of the propeller(s) (?).   
      
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   I guessed wrong. I'm rarely around boats but when I am I pay attention to   
   handling procedures and know what you meant. Mostly I canoe on lakes and   
   streams. Wildlife seems less afraid if it doesn't see leg motion, like on a   
   Segway.   
      
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