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Volume 10 Aug/Sep 2009

Vol. 27 No. 3 •••••••••••••• July 2009

SALVAGING NARCOSIS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

KEEPING PROPANE SAFE . . . . . . . . . . . 10

STUFFING BOX LEAKS. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

COOKIE MAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

In This Issue . . .

*The BoatU.S. Damage Avoidance Program his past summer, the Coast Guard cutter Vise was resetting day marker #20 on an especially busy day on Florida’s Blackburn Bay along the ICW north of Venice.

Allan Horton, a BoatU.S. Member
himself, even while his boat was
in no wake zones. It doesn’t make
him angry, however, because he
says most people don’t realize
their boats are creating a large
wake. Olson is a patient man; he
says he turns on his blue light and
“educates” them.Dependingon
the county in Florida, a lesson in
how to reduce the size of your
wake costs $90 to $140.
What About
Your Boat’s Wake?
You can save a lot of money and
avoid being the recipient of rude
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descriptions kept passing Vise with, at best,
a token reduction in speed. As the Coast

Guard crew worked to install the new marker, they were continually being tossed around by the passing boats’ wakes. The Vise’s captain responded by sounding the five-beat emergency signal several times. Remarkably, very few skippers seemed to slow down or even notice.

Horton, who describes himself as a frequent fist shaker whenever his boat is rocked, says he understands the Coast Guard captain’s frustration. So do a lot of other skippers; wakes make people angry. Lt. Scott Olson of the Florida Marine Patrol says he’s been rocked quite a few times

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