From: null@void.com   
      
   "Jim Wilkins"  writes:   
      
   > "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) (?).   
   >   
   > ----------------------------   
   > 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.   
      
   Sounds good.   
   Mind's-eye sees quite a region.   
      
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