Bob stuttered today.
"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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Another trick that can help is to use the cavitation plate on your
outboard
as a step. For a bigger boat with power trim you can use the trim to help
lift an exhausted swimmer. If it has a trim switch on the side of the
cowling like my big mercury you can use it to lift yourself up. I try not
to get out of the boat in deep water, but it can happen. On my smaller
boats and canoe I always keep a bow line tied on. Once when I went for a
swim canoeing it saved and a canoe full of panicking kids when I managed
to
dump myself out. I grabbed the bowline in my teeth and swam it to shore.