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Tomas Kruska
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Initially Posted - 08/24/2013 : 12:39:33

Hm... have to learn some new skillz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWYgcgkreoI

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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 08/24/2013 : 14:48:10

Cool! First time I've seen the lock-turns being tossed on. I can toss on the other turns to spring into a dock--I'll have to watch closer and work on that one so I can amaze the guys at the Mystic Seaport. (I need to see her do it to a dock cleat from a boat.)

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binky
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Response Posted - 08/24/2013 : 15:03:05

This is a little slower..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V-RKHtBIFg

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Response Posted - 08/24/2013 : 20:36:23

OK, I'm practicing on my dock this week! But I still need to do it from the boat... On the dock, it's superfluous.

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Response Posted - 08/24/2013 : 21:12:11

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Stinkpotter
 ...On the dock, it's superfluous.
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Unless your the "Dock Master".

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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 08/25/2013 : 08:03:59

...or unless you can't reach down to a cleat.

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 08/25/2013 : 09:47:23

I can do the over the top throws (not anywhere near as efficiently as her), on the dock. As Dave points out, it'd be a whole lot more useful to most of us to be able to do it from the boat, which I don't think I've ever even tried. Since I've started coming in a bit hotter than I used to, I'd hate to miss and crunch my dock box or worse, bow.

Now the locking turns? That's a good trick. I noticed she puts a half turn right next to her hand just before she leans down to do a locking turn. As she throws, the half turn travels down the line which I think is the "easy" part. Getting the turn over the horn of the cleat is where the skill comes in. To be able to do it fast & repeatably is where she becomes the "master".

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