By opposing the Coriolus effect, the boats may actually be reducing the
chop. If they went in the same direction they could make it worse.
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>So to ease the tension on these crowded weekends I am thinking of doing a
>public service. I am going to go to the docks dressed in a clown suit with
>large styrofoam shoes and a large rubber bulbed car horn (like Harpo Marx).
>I can run up and down the dock blowing the horn and pantomiming. The large
>shoes would be break away styrofoam so I can have a running escape from any
>irate boater and as a backup I would have a lapel flower that shoots pepper
>spray. Does anyone have any other handy tips or suggestions for props such
>as exploding cigars or large rubber fish? How much flotation do I need in
>the clown suit?
>
>Jim Nolan :-)
The styrofoam shoes may be all the flotation you need. The rudenicks who
throw you off the dock (as well they should) will be humbled and repentant
when they see you walk on the water.
Be sure the horn is a CG-approved signaling device.
Harry Gordon