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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Initially Posted - 03/08/2003 : 16:43:41

I've always been a semi-secret Harley fan--the real Murican bike... But today, they may have lost me.

Have you seen the commercial where the sailboat (looked like an O'Day 28 or something similar) is approaching a drawbridge with no vehicular traffic, the bridge starts up, the boat heads toward it, the bridge suddenly comes back down, the mast hits the bridge and comes crashing down on the sternrail, buckling both the mast and the rail... and then a Harley cruises over the bridge?

If it wasn't real, it was awfully realistic! The bikers probably think it's hilarious... I think Harley Davidson's ad agency needs to be taken out behind the barn. <img src=icon_smile_dissapprove.gif border=0 align=middle>

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT

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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 03/08/2003 : 17:03:52

Now Dave, you're taking it much too seriously. It's only an O'Day!<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Steve Milby "Captiva Wind" C-25 T/FK #2554

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OJ
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Response Posted - 03/08/2003 : 19:32:08

I once saw a play about a Kung Fu (sp?) fighter. During one scene he was practicing his moves. As he practiced each move he would recite names of motorcycles, e.g.,

Hon-da!

Mo-to-Guz-zi!

Har-ley-dav-id-son!

Kaw-a-sak-i ! . . . 

For his final move he puts his arm out bent at the elbow with a fisted hand and one foot raised as if resting on a defeated opponent laying on the ground and yelled

Tri-umph!

Okay, okay! We should stick with sailboats!

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 03/09/2003 : 15:48:12

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Now Dave, you're taking it much too seriously. It's only an O'Day!
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Actually it wasn't. I saw it again, and it looks like a pretty good sized Tartan, Sabre or something like that.

(If this sounds inane to you Southern sailors, just be aware that I shoveled a pile of snow out of my cockpit this afternoon, from the 9" we got earlier in the week, to keep it from turning to ice as the temp drops from the 40s to the 20s later today. I may be a little edgy about jokes having to do with hurting sailboats... <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 03/09/2003 : 15:56:57

"...looked like an O'Day 28..."

I kinda like the way an O'Day 28 looks! Had my eye on one last year.

<img src="http://www.catalina25-250.org/c25sm.gif" border=0>Don Lucier<img src="http://www.catalina25-250.org/c25sm.gif" border=0>
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Response Posted - 03/09/2003 : 21:53:13

OJ:

"I once saw a play about a Kung Fu (sp?) fighter. During one scene he was practicing his moves. As he practiced each move he would recite names of motorcycles, e.g.,

Hon-da!

Mo-to-Guz-zi!

Har-ley-dav-id-son!

Kaw-a-sak-i ! . . .

For his final move he puts his arm out bent at the elbow with a fisted hand and one foot raised as if resting on a defeated opponent laying on the ground and yelled

Tri-umph!"

So what was the name of this play????Sounds like a riot.

Gary B.
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My job as a college theatre director/prof. pays the sailing bills (probably why I still have a C25 after all these years)!

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osmepneo
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Response Posted - 03/11/2003 : 16:07:15

Talking about taking the Harley ad agency to task:

While in Seminary I drove a Limo to and from ORD. On day I had a very full car and got to talking to the passenger in the seatnext to me.

"What do you do for living?" I says.

"I'm an account executive for an advertizing agency," he says.

"Oh, sounds interesting. Any accounts I'd be familar with," I says.

"Um, maybe. How about 'Joe Izuzu'?" he says.

"Oh really," I says, "Those ads are really terrible, say its ok to lie. Also, says something about the company and their product. Not sure I'd trust a company that lies so blatantly in their advertizing."

Lossy tip, but never saw another lying Joe Izuzu ad again! And, never bother to look at Izuzus when I'm car hunting.

So maybe taking Harley's advertizing firm to task could accomplish something.

Don Peet
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The Great Sacandaga Lake, NY

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 03/11/2003 : 19:29:09

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>
So maybe taking Harley's advertizing firm to task could accomplish something.
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Don: You're right--ad agency people are sensitive to their audiences--I know a few people in the business. But nah--when you look closer at the Harley commercial, the guy at the helm has plenty of time to throw her into reverse or even do a U-turn to avoid the bridge. It's as if he turned on his Autohelm and went below.

On the other hand, there were stories this winter about a couple of incidents on the ICW where a bridge came down on top of a sailboat mast... That could be really exciting! <img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle>

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT

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marzluff
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Response Posted - 03/11/2003 : 21:21:08

When you start taking Harley commercials so seriously, You know you've been off the water too long!

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 03/11/2003 : 22:16:50

I guess you're right... <img src=icon_smile_sleepy.gif border=0 align=middle>

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT

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OJ
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Response Posted - 03/14/2003 : 19:47:16

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>
So what was the name of this play????Sounds like a riot.

Gary B.
Encore! #685 SK/SR

My job as a college theatre director/prof. pays the sailing bills (probably why I still have a C25 after all these years)!
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Gary,
Glad you enjoyed it . . . it was so long ago . . . it may have even been one of those micro intermissions while they were swapping props . . . really got a lot of laughs though!

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Response Posted - 03/18/2003 : 17:39:34

On the other hand, there were stories this winter about a couple of incidents on the ICW where a bridge came down on top of a sailboat mast... That could be really exciting! 

No its not. First year north after a couple in Houston I keep my 22 in Michigan City, Indiana. Had to thru a draw bridge to get out to the lake. One day I left my dock, blasted my horn and cicled waitng for the bridge to go up. It did, another boat was going thru so I waited a second and started for the bridge. As I go under it the @#$%hole operator starts it down, on my mast.

Ya, the guy in the Harley ad has time to avoid, but it brings back lots of garbage every time I see it. But from an advertizing perspective one it has accomplished is that we are talking about and talking Harleys!

Don Peet
c25, 1665, osmepneo, sr/wk
The Great Sacandaga Lake, NY

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Bryan Beamer
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Response Posted - 03/18/2003 : 18:06:03

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> As I go under it the @#$%hole operator starts it down, on my mast.<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>

What happened to the boat?

Bryan Beamer
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 03/18/2003 : 18:39:58

Since you guys are on the topic of motorcycles, with the gorgeous weather during the past two days, I got my Suzuki on the road for the first times this season. The wind in the face was the next best thing to sailing!

Steve Milby "Captiva Wind" C-25 T/FK #2554

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osmepneo
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Response Posted - 03/19/2003 : 05:45:34

Bryan,

You asked:

What happened to the boat?

When the draw bridge came down on the mast, the operator couldn't understand why it didn't close. So, he raised the bridge a few inches and tried again. After a couple of futile attempts he must have looked and saw a couple of feet of aluminum sticking up and raised the bridge so I could go free.

Damage. Upper shorouds needed to be replaced and the top of the mast was dinged up. The mast didn't go down (until I took it down to assess damages.) Don't remember if I dropped the mast before or after I TALKED to the bridge operator. While I was furious, he was able to give his name and the address and phone number I needed to call. They took care of the shrouds and I had their check within a week.

Don Peet
c25, 1665, osmepneo, sr/wk
The Great Sacandaga Lake, NY

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Bryan Beamer
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Response Posted - 03/19/2003 : 12:38:04

Well I guess it's good they took care of the repair bill.

Bryan Beamer
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