Tie-ing up a large boat on the off shore platforms is difficult enough. We would post a man on the bow... some used big hooks which we can't carry. We'd throw a rope over the pilings... thinkg that are really difficult to do. Also, wind shifts will throw your boat into the pilings...thus whenever we left the rigs, we always left someone in the boat... as for currents, we would trail a 200 foot line behind the boat as sometimes the currents are really strong out there. The gulf has lots of VERY LARGE eddies swirls of current, several miles a part. While you can often see them, they are not predictable. It's a "look-see" proposition. Somebody on this list has probably done it however. ...comments? Richard Walker wrote: I have >*not* been out to the platforms yet. These are problems that still >must be worked out. I imagine my first trip out, I won't even really >do any significant diving. I'll probably bring some spoons and >some bait, maybe catch something just to make the trip productive. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Feb 04 1999 - 11:37:34 PST
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