To avoid getting wind knots in freshly spooled braided line, Capt. Theophile Bourgeois allows the line to drag behind his boat. He says it allows the line to untwist and set up tighter on the spool.
Q: On land we measure wind speed in miles per hour. On sea we measure it in knots. Why the difference? Driving them batty: My recent trivia question about the fastest flying creature on Earth prompted ...
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