Review of Towed in a Hole

. . . and the World of Cinema has covered both of these rudimentary methods of assessing a boat's sea-worthiness. Perhaps the most famous of these two safety drills is what old salts refer to as "the TITANIC method." A TITANIC testing trial involves cramming a couple thousand folks onto a spanking new ship comprised of thin, brittle metal plates held together by questionable rivets. Next, you run this liner pictured on your champagne bottle labels at full speed through the largest field of ice bergs you can find. IF you make it across the Atlantic in one piece, you've passed The TITANIC Challenge. "Stan & Ollie" demonstrate the other major mode of gaining confidence that your junk is "ship-shape" during TOWED IN A HOLE. While your sloop is in dry dock (preferably propped up on land), fill it with water. If the acreage surrounding your hull is not significantly irrigated, you're good to go across the bounding main. (However, many experienced mariners recommend pumping the wet stuff OUT of your water-tight brig BEFORE attempting to move it, as each gallon of water weighs roughly eight pounds.)