Hippocampus
Guru
- Joined
- Jul 27, 2020
- Messages
- 4,181
- Location
- Plymouth
- Vessel Name
- Hippocampus
- Vessel Make
- Nordic Tug 42
We put it on the end of a telescoping boat hook then get >12’. As we cut use another boat hook to pull cut segments away and work our way down. It has three cutting surfaces so you start from outside in when you can’t wiggle it into a lump of nylon line. Nylon usually floats so that’s helpful. Hardest part is stabilization of the dinghy far enough away so you can see what you’re doing. We’ve used several fenders as the meat in a sandwich to achieve that distance and a firm platform. Downeast the water is brutally cold. Without a dry suit you’re not doing this in the water.