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Jamie
Posting king Joined: 12 Jul 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 164 |
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Topic: Most Embarrassing Sailing Moment Posted: 08 Feb 05 at 11:40pm |
ugh, picos. Last time I sailed one was on my dinghy instructors course, in about a F6 I managed to pitchpole the thing. While heading upwind, probably because I am far to big (a Finn would be more my boat) for a pico and was sitting forward in waves. Right in front of Plas Menai at lunch time. I remember just finding myself with my back in the water and my feet still in the toe straps, looking at the highest point of the boat which was now the rudder. I had enough time to think - "well this isn't right - @&$* " |
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Sam Barker
Newbie Joined: 13 May 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 Feb 05 at 3:03pm |
Ho ho ho, Here are mine, new club, new (to me 505) and new crew who I'm teaching to trapese. Nice screaming reach towards the club house, the crewe gets nervous "we should tack" she shouts, "Nonsense!" says I "we can get nearer and show off!". Wherupon I smack it aground, the whole rudder out of the water, crew all the way round the front, nice centreboard kind of ground down. Whoops. When we came in a nice bloke came up, "New to the club, it's great to see a 5-oh out again, oh, you'll notice it's shallow near the clubhouse!".
Second one, beating up the first erm, beat having started badly and ended up in amongst the solos (messing about on shore when the start signal went!), I was steaming along on starboard and this solo was on port. I didn't shout until I was sure he'd screw up his position, then I screamed my head off, I was convinced it was a mate of mine so as he tacked off I shouted "Ha ha Gotcha!". Turned out to be a commitee member reknowned for his lack of humour! Oh well... |
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Claymore
Newbie Joined: 05 Apr 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 14 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 Feb 05 at 3:44pm |
OK time to admit to my worst one
Towing home an Express with a keelboat and decided just to moor the keelboat and paddle the express ashore. Tidied up on the mooring and paddling back to the slip and almost there. Brings up the centreboard and drifts out slightly from the slip..... Leaned over to try and grap the edge, felt the dinghy tipping sharply and while trying to keep balance capsized it the other way right into the river and also right infront of the clubhouse. No one available to help of course as they are all laughing too hard |
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kasey3000
Far too distracted from work Joined: 06 Apr 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 401 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 Feb 05 at 5:09pm |
How about.....F4-5 in a Buzz......I was crewing, boat was rounding the mark...went into the boat instead of riding over the top of the mark....as i went back out on the trapeze, forgot to check my trapeze hook! Fell off the trapeze, and later found myself in hospital with a broken finger and in doing so put myself out of sailing for 5 months! My helm still finds it highly amusing 2 remind me of that little incident |
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Matt Jackson
Really should get out more Joined: 21 Sep 04 Location: Darlington Online Status: Offline Posts: 962 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 Feb 05 at 5:11pm |
I was OOD, aged about 14 completely on my own to do the horn, flags and check that everyone was clear of the line. We had a simple 6, 3, Go system at the time, but I got my sums wrong and did the 3 signal at 4 minutes before the start! I realised this about 3 minutes later because I went to do the Go and it wasn't the start time yet. I did the start at the correct time anyway and let them go off up the beat, then I pannicked and did a general recall followed immediately by the 3. Unfortuneatly half the fleet didn't make it back in time... oops. I had the handicap results worked out in double quick time and left sharpish. Strangely, I never got asked to stand in for anyone from that day on and decided I'd swap to go in the safety boat if at all possible. Edited by Matt Jackson |
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Harry44981!
Really should get out more Joined: 26 Aug 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 736 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 Feb 05 at 5:17pm |
Of course i don't have anything stupid ive done... but one of my clumsy mates has done these:
And thats just at sailing clubs, I also go to the same school as him and hes even worse there lol... |
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big man
Posting king Joined: 04 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 161 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 Feb 05 at 5:45pm |
harry................. you holdiing out on us. you seem to know alot about these falls are you sure it wasnt you!!
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keep it flat you t***
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Harry44981!
Really should get out more Joined: 26 Aug 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 736 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 Feb 05 at 6:28pm |
definately not me lol- if you met him you'd realise! |
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Wave Rider
Really should get out more Joined: 27 Oct 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 909 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 Feb 05 at 8:22pm |
I was standing on a bench trying to get a wet stubborn wetsuit on again and ended up flying off the bench into another bech and knocking off lots of sailing bags............ oops |
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stuarthop
Really should get out more Joined: 22 Dec 04 Location: Nottingham Online Status: Offline Posts: 1040 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 10 Feb 05 at 10:15pm |
i was trapezing for my first time in a 29er and my aigle boots slipped so i got sent flying into the shrouds one leg either side (very painfull ) Bought some widsurfing slippers soon after (far better for trapezing)
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