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Old 06-11-2019, 02:58 PM   #1
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Connect batteries to anchor chain...

...and you might avoid this:

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Old 06-11-2019, 03:35 PM   #2
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Orca floss! Who woulda thunk it!!!
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Old 06-12-2019, 10:04 PM   #4
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Very cool! Never heard of that happening before.
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I wonder who trained the whale. Amazing video.
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Maybe the whale could get a job with Sea Tow.
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Old 06-13-2019, 07:14 AM   #8
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How many people wouldn’t have believed that story without the video? The older I get, the less I say, “I just don’t believe that could happen” (I’ve just been wrong too many times!).
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That wouldn't have happened if he'd had a Rocna!

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Yeah, but only the newest models have the "anti-whale" device as an option.
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I was talking about this with a gentleman in Ganges, BC. yesterday. He had an orca destroy the rudder of his sailboat many years ago.
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When will they realize, “Crunchy on the outside, soft & chewy in the middle”?
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