Our throw to a power boat????

If someone can come up with something, It certainly will be interesting

Dominator

As a former boat owner, I can tell you for every hour of fun on the water, I spend at least 4-6 hours of physical work just keeping the thing running, clean and safe. I had a 20 footer, a times it seemed to be a large ship. Keeping the bottom clean, waxing (always washing and waxing) and, God forbid if you had teak wood. What a chore to keep that up too. The engine maintenance and repairs, storage, weather (did the cover fall off due to the wind, had to visit it almost daily just to check up on it). To be a boat owner, you have to love boating because the time and effort is truly a labor of love. Not only in time, but in money. Yes, slip fees, insurance, fuel (gas is not cheap from the docks), licenses, Coast Guard inspections, and periodic overhauls, etc. It requires a lot of energy to own a boat.

Now one of the best things about boats is other boat owners. Meeting up, having experienced people to turn to when you run into unfamiliar problems, Sharing war stories, and having a great times together. I have tons of great stories and experiences. I used to love sneeking off work early on a weekday, heading out the to boat and just running, full throdle, over water that was flat and like glass. Having the whole river to myself. Just great memories.

Are the themes sounding familiar: Commitment, Passion, and lots of hard work for the Reward.

Would anyone of you champion control shooters care to compare
a throw to a power boat?
I wonder, .. I wonder …

Pointman, I get your analysis. Makes perfect sense. However, what threw me off was the question itself: It asks to compare a throw to a power boat? Your response compares the work an owner of a boat has to do and the people he meets along with the experience to the experience of a controlled shooter.

I am not sure that is the comparison that the guy is looking for. Sounds like to me he is looking to compare a controlled throw to a power boat. Maybe compare how a power boat hits the swells and reacts? Not sure.

Maybe he will clarify.

The best athletic analogy I can give to the GTC throw is golf’s chip shot. For those not into golf the chip shot is a short shot to try and get the ball as close to the hole as possible. It takes a very delicate touch (not too hard not to soft) to hit the exact spot that will allot the ball to roll on the curves of the green to get to the hole and not go past. Does one try and make the ball go high and stop, or do you elect to roll the ball after a short low arc in the air so it will stop at the right spot–preferably in the hole. A hard one to master but it is most important.

Just my observation.

Doc

Chip shot??? Not familiar with that one.

Chunk shot is more my style 😮 😀