So if we drag an Elvis impersonator en drogue, what are we really talking about? Where's my dictionary? Would Jack Nicholson work as well? Brad Crain Quoting Doug Lloyd <douglloyd_at_shaw.ca>: > Why just dip? You can drag the impersonator bleaching oil out as > well as have a drogue! > > DL > > >> Or you could just dip an Elvis impersonator in the water. >> >> BRC >> >> Quoting Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>: >> >>> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 6:25 AM, James <jimtibensky_at_fastmail.fm> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> And have you ever seen what a little bit of oil can do to waves? >>> >>> >>> Oil is such an effective modifier to waves - even large waves - that it was >>> common practice for sailors to leak oil from bags tied to the stern when >>> lying hove-to in storms. This was considered to be a survival tactic and >>> was discussed in sailing literature as recently as the 1980s. It's probably >>> now considered old-fashioned by the sailing elite with new technology but I >>> expect that it's still used even now by small boat sailors. >>> >>> Craig Jungers >>> Moses Lake, WA >>> www.nwkayaking.net *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jul 30 2009 - 10:25:30 PDT
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