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desteve1
Groupie Joined: 23 Feb 09 Location: cambridge Online Status: Offline Posts: 81 |
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Topic: almost sinking a laser 2 Posted: 24 Feb 09 at 5:01pm |
well, we were in the middle of a lake when we first heard a squeaking.
the boat slowly started to get lower and lower. we aimed for shore( by this time we were up to our ankles in water).somehow we pumped the boat all the way ashore and it took 5 people to get the boat out. 1 minute later I checked if the plug was in because all the water was flowing out of the back. It wasn't and it turned out some oppie kid had pulled out our plug just before we launched, I then found the plug lying on the ground where we rigged our boat up. |
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HannahJ
Really should get out more Joined: 23 Jul 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 861 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 24 Feb 09 at 6:48pm |
Motto: always check your boat before you launch, even if it was fine when you rigged! My "friends" have done this to me before, except with our Toppers we tie the bung to the rudder so you notice it trailing behinf...
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MIRROR 64799 "Dolphin"
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist hopes it will change; the realist adjusts the sail |
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ptcruiser
Posting king Joined: 18 Oct 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 120 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 25 Feb 09 at 7:51pm |
Damn those Oppie Kids eh?!
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desteve1
Groupie Joined: 23 Feb 09 Location: cambridge Online Status: Offline Posts: 81 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 26 Feb 09 at 9:12am |
we practicaly launched it and they somehow managed to pull it out when we were changing into our neos
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mu-6443
Newbie Joined: 05 Apr 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 25 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 27 Feb 09 at 2:11pm |
Never trust 'bath' sailors!! Make there bow bow shaped, then they'll be sorry |
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kanga
Far too distracted from work Joined: 09 Oct 07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 248 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 27 Feb 09 at 3:13pm |
pesky kids
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