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redviking
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Initially Posted - 08/21/2009 :  11:36:25  Show Profile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1s4qoYKCqM

Rocks? We ain't afraid of no stinking rocks! We're Vikings!

Must be nice to live in one of the richest economies in the world.

sten
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glen
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Response Posted - 08/21/2009 :  11:54:36  Show Profile
YA SHURE
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piseas
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Response Posted - 08/21/2009 :  12:00:40  Show Profile  Visit piseas's Homepage
We have all done stupid things but this is this takes the cake. Wonder if they pulled the guy in who fell off.
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islander
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Response Posted - 08/21/2009 :  13:20:06  Show Profile
When in a situation like that, he should have stepped off onto the rock with a blanket an a picnic basket, Spread out out the blanket, opened up the basket and acted as if this was exactly what he wanted to do!
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jerlim
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Response Posted - 08/21/2009 :  14:05:21  Show Profile
I wondered a few things... what was the damage to all those boats - seems the keels all took a pretty powerful hit, didn't any know this would happen, why would they route the race at that time through that area???
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windsong
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Response Posted - 08/21/2009 :  14:26:53  Show Profile
This is what Wikipedia says about that particular race: "Tjörn Runt is an annual long distance sailing competition that takes place in Sweden around the island of Tjörn. The race has been held on the third Saturday of August every year since 1964. About 1,000 sailing boats sail the 28 nautical miles (52 km) around Tjörn each year."

1,000 sailboats!
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John Russell
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Response Posted - 08/21/2009 :  14:36:36  Show Profile
1,000 sailboats and not a single tide chart???????????????
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windsong
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Response Posted - 08/21/2009 :  15:54:44  Show Profile
The start (and more) of the same race:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv2Y-R7EBVE& NR=1

Looks fun, but August in Sweden doesn't look fun! It's looks COLD.
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Windhover
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Response Posted - 08/21/2009 :  23:03:18  Show Profile
Huge 'Crash and Dent' sale going on now at Sven's Used Boat Emporium! Come on Down! Financing Available!
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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 08/22/2009 :  06:38:31  Show Profile
Amazing stuff, but what a bunch of dumb asses! Did you watch the video of the J80 surfing under asym in 15.6 kts? Awesome!!
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 08/22/2009 :  06:56:51  Show Profile
In the video I saw, a J80 with a red assym was doing 19.6 kts boatspeed in the Solent. Dunno if that was the same video. Yeehaw indeed!
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glivs
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Response Posted - 08/22/2009 :  18:20:58  Show Profile
No one here in the States would do anything like that....from [url="http://www.bwsailing.com/BWS_newsandnotes_Savage-Beauty-on-the-rocks-under-the-Golden-Gate.html"]San Francisco[/url] a couple of weeks ago.
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 08/22/2009 :  18:52:46  Show Profile
More plastic/dacron/mylar/kevlar trash permanently into the ocean environment... But it was fun.
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PCP777
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Response Posted - 08/24/2009 :  08:15:05  Show Profile
Are the swedes just reckless, check out the bumper boats about 3 minutes into the video from the same race

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpYCtS80dRA
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John Russell
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Response Posted - 08/24/2009 :  09:09:49  Show Profile
And, somehow, that all adds up to pleasure boating? Seems like more money than sense to me.
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glen
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Response Posted - 08/24/2009 :  09:15:29  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by PCP777</i>
<br />Are the swedes just reckless, check out the bumper boats about 3 minutes into the video from the same race

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpYCtS80dRA
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Ya and we have NASCAR
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