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Old 23 July 2014, 21:15   #1
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Prop attack

A mooring line on my boat broke/chafed through.

Boat swung round behind a friend's boat.

His props (twin engines) kept biting at my boat's bow.




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Old 23 July 2014, 21:27   #2
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Must have been some pretty significant swell/wave action to get marks as low and high as you did.

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Old 24 July 2014, 10:41   #3
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A mooring line on my boat broke/chafed through.

Boat swung round behind a friend's boat.

His props (twin engines) kept biting at my boat's bow.




Not only that, some tw4t's nicked your tubes
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