<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>I find that I use different length depending on conditions and speed.
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<BR>In a following sea I use a line that keeps the dink more then 1/2 a wavelength behind me so it doesn't serf into the boat.
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<BR>In flat water I go by line tension. If you get the dink to serf your own wake there is almost no load on the line.
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