A piece of equipment you hang off of your boom on one side of the boat in the water to keep you from rolling back and forth.
Sometimes they are two pieces of plastic framed in metal that open and shut like a barn door.
Sometimes they are a group of plastic "Mexican Hats" that are spaced along a long line.
Apparently they now have flopper-stoppers for trees.
Someone must have been concerned about this tree being planted in a rolly sidewalk during Tropical Depression Lowell.
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Interesting, I'd like to see those little Mexican Hats in action.
So my "Chinese" hats finally washed up on shore in LaPaz! Go figure.
Chinese Hats ~ Mexican Hats. I didn't think I had the name right. We had the barn door style on "Thistle". That boat rolled like a pig. Sometimes we would put two out - one off the stern.
And we would roll there and watch "Capricorn Cat" sit perfectly still. So, let's sell the roll like a pig boat and buy a flat one. Saved us from having to buy a new flopper-stopper.
Where did you guys lose your hats?
Hmmm, I guess that's something to consider when purchasing a boat... will this thing roll like a pig?
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