Thanks all for the great information that is posted on this forum! After having tried a number of cheap drones I realized that I needed a good one to really have a good experience so I just purchased a Mavic Air 2 and absolutely love flying it. Anyway my plans are, once I get comfortable with flying it is to launch and retrieve from our sailboat. I single hand so that compounds the problem. There are lots of videos on about launching and retrieving. The launching part does not seem to be too difficult. The retrieval however is the challenge! I saw one video where the guy tied a lanyard to the drone that hung down 24-36" from the bottom and as the drone got close to the boat he reached up and grabbed the lanyard to haul it in (while shutting it down). I thought this method looked attractive and helped alleviate the problem of boat movement during retrieval. I searched this forum for anyone who might have used this same method and unfortunately I did not find any postings about anyone doing this. So my question is has anyone used this method of retrieval? What are the negatives or reasons this might not be a good method? Is it a bad idea and if so why! Any suggestions would be appreciated.