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britinusa
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Initially Posted - 04/14/2008 : 19:13:35

Ok, we're at the ramp in the water, our work on the boat since 8am till mid afternoon getting everything ready (we had both worked till dawn so we didn't rush things).
We're 65 miles from home.

And that's where the GPS is at too!

Whats the worst thing you left behind?

Paul

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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 04/14/2008 : 19:33:40

My 110 % jib when while on the race course the wind went from 5 -6 to 18! NOAA had forewcast light winds all day..

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Response Posted - 04/14/2008 : 20:20:26

Say,

How about a GPS that alerts you to where your GPS is for when you need it for the boat?

I'm sure others have forgotten a GPS.

My Story - I didn't leave anything behind at home, but I did leave my rudder of my previously owned daysailor at the state park dock. Oh it was only three hour drive from my home. By the time I returned to the state park the rudder vanished. I spent the day posting flyers near the dock, station, gas station, all over.

Three weeks of no sailing and research on buying or building a new rudder was all I made before I got a phone call from someone who had found my rudder. I had to drive three hours back to the park and three hours return in order to place the rudder back with is counterpart: the boat.

Lesseon learned: never leave the dock without your rudder.

Heh!

Deric

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Response Posted - 04/14/2008 : 21:30:44

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Deric
 Lesseon learned: never leave the dock without your rudder.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Maybe the most important lesson ever taught!

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Response Posted - 04/14/2008 : 21:56:05

It's hard to beat leaving the dock without your rudder...but my worst was leaving my cel phone at home. We were on Shuswap Lake where there is a Train bridge ( 27 ft clearance) that only opens when you schedule an opening or when you phone them.
I ended up waiting a very long time.

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Response Posted - 04/14/2008 : 22:21:49

Cork screw.

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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 04/14/2008 : 22:51:28

It wasn't so much what I left at home but what I did when I was leaving the boat......I normally keep my wallet, keys, companion hatch padlock, etc in the small starboard side cockpit locker. When I was packing up ready to leave, I accidentally used the snap shackle on the companionway latch instead of the cockpit locker and used the padlock on the cockpit locker instead of the companionway .....and.....the keys to the padlock were still in the cockpit locker ! I pondered over the situation for awhile and then thought I remembered the PO left another set of keys for the padlock inside one of the cabin drawers. Found it !

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Response Posted - 04/15/2008 : 03:40:17

almost left the dingy motor at the ramp !
we came in late one night off the morring .
put the dingy away loaded up the car started to drive away when i seen the motor leaning on a post at the top of the ramp .
almost a expensive day .

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Response Posted - 04/15/2008 : 08:25:44

The admiral... Yep, got so used to soloing that I forgot one day that she went to the store with the dog. I was about an hour out when my cell phone and the vhf started going off. OH YEAH, she borrowed a radio to make sure I would know that momma wasn't happy - 'cuz she knew I would be on one-six even if I forgot her... Got that part? - listen to your radio!

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jerlim
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Response Posted - 04/15/2008 : 08:26:51

It's the way I left my car in the lot...windows wide open...trunk open...fortunately, nothing vanished and it didn't rain...

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Response Posted - 04/15/2008 : 08:38:22

A couple of things come to mind... One is not really about leaving something though.
The first: I am on call 24/7 and because of this I am always carrying my cell phone. To make sure I don't fall overboard with it, it usually sits in either the port or starboard coaming compartment. We left for home one evening and got 15 miles from the lake before I realized that I didn't have it. Turned around and it was still there when we got back. (drat)

The second was just funny: My son and I were battening up and putting the tarp over the cabin after a day of sailing. It had been a great day and we had listened to music throughout the sail. I locked up the main hatch and began placing the tarp over the cabin top .....still enjoying the music. That is until I suddenly realized that it was coming from onboard. Had to unlock everything and shut down the CD player.

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Response Posted - 04/15/2008 : 09:02:39

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by stampeder
 It's hard to beat leaving the dock without your rudder...but my worst was leaving my cel phone at home. We were on Shuswap Lake where there is a Train bridge ( 27 ft clearance) that only opens when you schedule an opening or when you phone them.
I ended up waiting a very long time.
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Don't they monitor VHF?

I've Left behind:
(and not necessarily all on the 25 or the oday and not necessarily all at the same time)

Protest Flag - on the only day we really needed it.
#3 blade - and the wind picked up to 25 - Luckily we radioed friends in between races and had somebody elses support boat get it out of the van and shuttle it out to us.

Grabbed the downwind kite instead of the reaching kite when loading the sails - the race included about 22 miles on the same reach.
Forgot the ice - thankfully this one was on the oday so we turned on the fridge and idled the motor in neutral the entire time.
Sunscreen - ouch
GPS - not the unit but spare batteries.
Boat Batteries - it was the first sail of the season - our neighbor didn't mind missing his for that evening...I think we told him about 6 years later.
Rain Gear - left behind for weight considerations but didn't check the weather first.

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Response Posted - 04/15/2008 : 09:22:08

I'm sure I've forgotten items now and then, but most of the time I forget to do things operationally. Like on my old boat, every now again I'd forget to lower the keel before raising the sails or forget to detach the @#$% pigtail before bearing off the wind.

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 04/15/2008 : 09:24:16

Don - At least you haven't gotten to the point in life where you forget what you've forgotten

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Response Posted - 04/15/2008 : 09:30:37

Sten gets the prize! You know why she got on 16... It was to make sure every boat within 10 miles knew about it!

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Response Posted - 04/15/2008 : 09:57:12

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Champipple
 Don - At least you haven't gotten to the point in life where you forget what you've forgotten
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Ain't that the truth!

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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 04/15/2008 : 11:04:40

I keep everything I need except perishables on board, all the time. I forgot my hatch keys once or twice though. Fortunatley I'm moored in front of my house.

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Response Posted - 04/15/2008 : 11:25:26

Quote: Sten gets the prize! You know why she got on 16... It was to make sure every boat within 10 miles knew about it! 

Ahh, geez - and here I thought it was to let all of the other chickeepoos know that I was free and available.

sten

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Response Posted - 04/15/2008 : 11:35:36

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">quote:
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Originally posted by stampeder

It's hard to beat leaving the dock without your rudder...but my worst was leaving my cel phone at home. We were on Shuswap Lake where there is a Train bridge ( 27 ft clearance) that only opens when you schedule an opening or when you phone them.
I ended up waiting a very long time.

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Don't they monitor VHF?
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No. The Railway owns the bridge and the bridge operator has an unpublished phone number AND if he's not in his outhouse sized cabin, he can't hear the phone ring.

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Response Posted - 04/15/2008 : 11:35:47

Speaking of locks, a year or two ago, I changed my locks from keyed to combos so I could eliminate forgetting the key at home. Anyway, after not being aboard the boat since last fall, a week or so ago, I went down to the boat only to get there and not remember the combination. Fortunately, after a few tries, I was able to stumble upon the right birthday to open the locks!

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 04/15/2008 : 12:31:23

Conrail owns the bridge heading into the Cuyahoga river (The Flats) and he monitors 16. Thankfully there is a schedule too, but if there isn't any rail traffic you can hail him. Maybe you should all chip in and buy the guy a cheap VHF....

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Response Posted - 04/15/2008 : 13:25:02

As an old fart, I have come to realize I forget stuff, whether its boating or anything. As I know how serious it can be if I forget something when sailing, I leave EVERYTHING on the boat.
The only thing I gotta remember is fill the gas tank. Luckily I have not yet forget to fill her up.
So I keep my GPS and recharger, camera and spare batteries, tools, water, bottle of wine, etc all on-board. But I am sure one day, I will say, "Oops!"
Steve A

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Response Posted - 04/15/2008 : 13:34:15

Now I've done many thoughtless things, but once I witnessed a crying little girl about four of five years of age crying at the launch ramp, looking to and fro and wailing like there was no tomorrow. I tried to comfort the little lady and after awhile discovered that her mother and family ( six kids) left without her. Never could figure out just exactly what was going on in the minds of the adults in that family.

Val on the hard,DAGNABIT, # 3936, Patchogue, N.Y.

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Response Posted - 04/15/2008 : 14:23:13

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by tinob
 I tried to comfort the little lady and after awhile discovered that her mother and family ( six kids) left without her. Never could figure out just exactly what was going on in the minds of the adults in that family.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">They're thinking plus or minus 16% is close enough.

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