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11-17-2019, 05:27 PM
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You might consider a safety line tied to the boat and yourself - say a light 25-50 foot nylon rope tied around one ankle and the other end to a close cleat. You have to be careful not to trip yourself but if you fall overboard and there is a 5 mph wind you would be surprised how fast the boat will drift away. Unless you are Michael Phelps whose top swimming speed was about 6 mph you'll never catch that boat.
I came up with that after fishing alone on a close by lake late October a couple of years ago. It was probably 10-15 mph winds. I was standing up in a 16' PowerCat casting to a submerged hump in the lake. Suddenly the boat rocked an odd way and I fortunately fell into the boat instead of going overboard. I never would have caught the boat and the lake was probably 55 degrees. Even with my life vest I probably would not have survived as i was about 1/2 mile from shore. I jokingly tell my wife if I don't come back and they find the boat, just pull the rope and there you'll find my body.
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1973 Mako 20' Center Console 1984 Wellcraft V20 Cuddy 1977 Wellcraft V20 Center Console 1975 Wellcraft V17 Center Console 1964 16' Super Skeeter with 55Lb thrust Motorguide Trolling Motor 1985 Glastron HPV-175 - sold 1984 Wellcraft 180 Fisherman - sold 1973 Mako 17' Angler - sold 1972 Mako 17' Standard - sold 1972 Mako 19' Center Console - sold Always looking for the next one. 
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