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Old 04-24-2007, 09:25 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Gal
During this episode they towed the boat on a trailer and tried to get it to hit the post, without luck, so myth busted. But… if this myth were tested in the water as the photo indicates, wouldn’t the water add resistance to keep the boat from bouncing off the piling? I suspect we may see this myth revisited.

"Mee" had the same objection. They needed to test in-water or at least show the resistance to lateral movement was the same as if it were in-water. Also I wonder just how freak an occurance this might have been. I think they need to crash some more boats just to be sure !
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