Towing any boat behind any other boat can be tricky. The greater the speed, the trickier it becomes. Your tow line must be angled up from the towed to the towing boat. The larger the towing boat's wake, the greater the angle. That is because a high wake with a low angle means the towed boat will dive under the wake. Sometimes you need to put a bridal under the towed boat so the pull is from underneath it. Too great an angle means you start to lift the towed boat out of the water. That makes it real squirrelly because only the aft section of the boat is on the water. I guess that all means keep the bow up a little and go slow. Pretty easy with a sailboat. JKL PS. I once pulled a water skier with a sailboat, that was dumb but fun. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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