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    Posted: 01 Feb 05 at 4:48pm

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"you've got to trust me guys, the depth on that computers wrong, were NOT over the brambles...."

Im fairly sure we always had 6 inches under the keel, but it was a bit scary.
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It's a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.

I found that one attributed to Arnold Palmer on the site it's linked to, But Iv'e no Idea who said it first.

 
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Attributed to Paul Elvstrom, when another competitor told him he was lucky to be on the right side of the course when the wind came in:

"The more I practice, the luckier I get"
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the 505 class used to have the catch phrase:

Life's a reach, then you gybe!
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Heard during an awesome aussi skiff vid

(picture ; 18 foot skiff pitch poling into massive swell)

 

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Another one from a dead pan member of a major sail loft

Crew1 - What are we doing after the next mark
Crew2 - Putting the kite up and gybing

---Scroll down for punch line ---

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sails Man - You generally do downwind
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 When we sail, the wind strengths get graded as:

The Light Stuff: 0-10 knots

The Right Stuff: 11-25 knots

The White Stuff: 26 + knots

The border between the right stuff & the white stuff clearly depends on where you sail...  
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It may not be a quote per se, but every time we arrive to see that it's blowing its tits off, the shout of 'BIG MORK' goes out across the dinghy park.

 

 

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I think you were very lucky - hit Thirslet once racing a 30-footer, the
boats either side had lifting keels... sat there all day on our own
private island which could have been quite pleasant if a crowd of jet skit
hadn't decided to spend the day racing in circles around us!
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