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Old 10-22-2021, 04:05 PM   #43
backinblue
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Yes, rely on your thrusters when you need to in short bursts. Doesn't make you any less of a man or a capt.

I have been practising w/o thrusters when conditions are right and once this season got pushed into a difficult spot due to a worse than anticipated river current after a heavy rain. I won't make that mistake again.
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