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Spot192
Really should get out more Joined: 28 Nov 04 Location: Germany Online Status: Offline Posts: 833 |
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Topic: Most Embarrassing Sailing Moment Posted: 19 Feb 05 at 8:06pm |
better that i´m telling just two of my embarrasing moments. one from my
early sailing in an optimist. it was the riva cup on lake garda. my
watch broke the race before so i asked a friend to tell me the time. we
had a great position in the middle left front row. she told me 5 secs
left and i got prepared to start. we and one brit started and we were
very far away when i noticed that my friend pressed one minute too
early on the watch and so we started one minute earlier. very very very
very embarrassing! (by the way my coach got it all on video tape; shows it yearly on the riva cup to everybody)
other one is a nice int 14 tale. i´m sailing with my father and we had a bet running. if we capsize, the one who wouldn´t be able to free from the hook and falls in the water has to pay the whole beer the other drinks. we managed zto capsize and my father fell into the water. i´ve been so proud of my self, that i was waving around and doing a victory dance on the daggerboard that i fell from the daggerboard onto my arse, from my arse into the water. the nice guys from my club took at least three pics of the important stages of my show! |
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Black no sugar
Really should get out more Joined: 04 Dec 04 Location: Somewhere between Brighton and Lancing Online Status: Offline Posts: 3941 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 19 Feb 05 at 9:29pm |
Now we want to see the pics! Links to your club, pretty pretty pleeeeeeaase?? |
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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: 19 Feb 05 at 10:07pm |
I think we should see these pics
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Spot192
Really should get out more Joined: 28 Nov 04 Location: Germany Online Status: Offline Posts: 833 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 Feb 05 at 4:47pm |
i´m sorry but the pics aren´t in the net anymore (thank god!!!!!!) but
they´re in my club house in the dressing rooms. i love my club
mates! come on there must be worst tales than mine! please!!!!!!!!!!!
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hydrographer20
Really should get out more Joined: 11 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 867 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 21 Feb 05 at 4:01pm |
well i have an embaresing moment to rival most ive rad so far. at mudeford when the tide is going out and there is no wind it can somtimes be a bit hard to take the boat back in. one day we started drift outn through the run which ha da really fast current. it was summer and as usual there were loads of tourists watchign us and taking photos and we wee powerless to do anything about it, luckily enough a small fishing boat was able to pull us back in, though once we were back on land the tourists thoguht we were stunt artists and starting asking us questyions, v. emabrassing
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byte me!- GBR 814
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Win or Swim
Newbie Joined: 15 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 27 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 24 Feb 05 at 4:57pm |
hmm embarassing sailing stories, if you dont have them then you CANT call yourself a sailer! The best story I've got didnt actually hapen to me but to a couple of friends I was coaching. It was in a topaz tres (please dont buy one!!) which have an open transom. Crew was on wire and helm falls out of back with mainsheet round her foot, this causes main sheeting in, boat accelerating and planing. Crew thinking her helms doing a great job unitll she turns round to see her being dragged by her foot at a good 15knts. all the instructors had a good laugh at them and they havent lived it down yet |
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Gael
Posting king Joined: 12 Mar 04 Location: Southampton, United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 187 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 24 Feb 05 at 7:45pm |
Think mine were capsizing a Lark at uni when I was swapping boats, and
the classic after racing a big boat, boat on mooring, chatting away with the boat next door, leant on the boom and the mainsheet wasn't jammed off properly - I went over the side in spectacular fashion right in the middle of the harbour with plenty of very very amused spectators ... oh dear though, there is a long list of other ones!!! |
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carshalton fc
Really should get out more Joined: 26 Jan 05 Location: England Online Status: Offline Posts: 2337 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 24 Feb 05 at 8:12pm |
i bet you thought you were a right muppet
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Calum_Reid
Groupie Joined: 09 Apr 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 59 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 26 Feb 05 at 10:54pm |
Mine have to be holding a pico for someone and going to lift the rudder and the doat sailing off with me in tow behind. And swappin from a full rig to a radial and the helm in the other boat had jumpped in mine i had 1 foot on each boat and then they started to seperate. All il say is owch!
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Blobby
Really should get out more Joined: 07 May 04 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 779 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 01 Mar 05 at 1:01am |
Love the run at Mudeford - especially in a 4 - 5 in Laser 2 with the kite up going against the current... |
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