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Lukepiewalker ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 24 May 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1341 |
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I'm 29 and my Mother still won't let me sail without rescue cover...
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That's a joke right? |
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Lukepiewalker ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 24 May 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1341 |
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Errr..... Sort of...
I don't think I ever have now that I think about it... And the mere suggestion does make her go all anxious. But then seeing as she wouldn't be there she wouldn't be able to stop me I suppose...If I really felt the need... |
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Ex-Finn GBR533 "Pie Hard"
Ex-National 12 3253 "Seawitch" Ex-National 12 2961 "Curved Air" Ex-Mirror 59096 "Voodoo Chile" |
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PeterV ![]() Posting king ![]() Joined: 24 Feb 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 131 |
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My, what a pathetic bunch we sailors have become. My first boat was bought when I was 10, first overnight camping trip when I was 11. Second boat at 14, a Swift catamaran which we raced and went cruising for up to 4 days. Third boat a Finn, at 16, in which I camped and sailed up to 50 miles along the coast to Open meetings. Did I have safety cover for cruising - no. Did I capsize, yes lots, mainly when we were mucking about during the holidays, also without rescue cover! Sounds like some people need to learn to sail properly. |
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Guest ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 21 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
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Quite ... grown men needing needing their mum's approval to sail ... My mum likes to recount the storey of when she went to wake me one morning and I was gone (I was 9). We had been loaned an Oppy for the week, in the holidays, and I couldn't hold back so got up early (about 6am) cycled to the club and when they found me I was on the water That said we used to sail all summer long on the sea as cadets with no rescue cover; we just had to tell someone what we were up to and when what time we'd be back ... we were meant to sail in groups but it didn't always happen.
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Jack Sparrow ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 08 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2965 |
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'My first boat was bought when I was 10.' You started working at a young age. ![]() first overnight camping trip when I was 11.' On your own? How sad. ![]() Second boat at 14, a Swift catamaran which we raced and went cruising for up to 4 days. Ahhh... not on your own then, on a very stable boat. ![]() 'Third boat a Finn, at 16, in which I camped and sailed up to 50 miles along the coast to Open meetings.' Good for you. You were 16 and able to get married too. ![]() None of which has any baring on a high performance single handed trap boat for kids at around 55kg if Rick is right on the weight. |
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Jack Sparrow ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 08 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2965 |
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love the crash helmets.....
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JimC ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 17 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 6662 |
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Have they got loads of forward rake on the daggerboard, or is it bending like crazy (or both!)
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Jack Sparrow ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 08 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2965 |
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it does look a bit suspect, doesn't it!
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Guest ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 21 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
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That was just a massive guess BTW ... |
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