??????? Yer shootin' blanks there, Harvey. tf
> > > > ------ Original Message ------ > Received: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:25:55 PM EDT > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: catalina27-talk: towed in > > > > My outboard, which has been increasingly recalcitrant all summer, failed > me outside the channel into the marina yesterday afternoon. With a 50 ft > wide channel and the wind on the nose, I had to get a guy to tow me in. At > the point where I would normally make a 90 degree turn into my slip, I > just uncleated and dropped the tow line, and turned into the slip with the > last of my momentum and dropped on the dock lines. No sweat. > > Marina owner then came down .... said I should have been tied up side to > side and let the powered boat bring me completely into the slip, I > endangered other boats, bla bla bla. > > Anyone have any thoughts? > > Tom > > > > >

