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ssteakley
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Initially Posted - 02/17/2004 : 23:06:57

Check out this survey of sailors who are confessing their goofs, i have been laughing all night and it is great!

http://www.sailboatowners.com/forums/rview.tpl?rid=2004048193339.88&forumabr=as&fno=21
Steve

Hey You #4455 SRFK

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OJ
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Response Posted - 02/18/2004 : 09:39:56

I didn't know that Kerry and Bush were sailors!

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pwhallon
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Response Posted - 02/18/2004 : 10:29:55

That's a great story.

How about this idea?

Instead of running to the bow while the boat is moving forward, bring the anchor line to a winch in the cockpit. Then move the boat forward while retreiving the anchor with the winch.

Then, when the anchor is almost all the way up, go to the bow and secure it?

You would probably need, at least, a roller on the bow to do this.

Have any of you guys tried it?

PW

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John V.
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Response Posted - 02/18/2004 : 19:00:10

If you think you've had a bad day trying to get your anchor up think of this poor fellow:

http://jjdavis.net/funnyemail/bricklayer.html

all the best

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Leon Sisson
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Response Posted - 02/18/2004 : 19:50:45

My first reaction to the [url="http://www.sailboatowners.com/forums/pview.tpl?SKU=2004046205359.65&forumabr=as&fno=21"]survey of sailors confessing their mistakes[/url] was that it presents a lot of valuable lessons learned the hard way at no expense to us.

My second thought was, there but for the grace of God go you or I... I highly recommend reading all of them, and thinking about how to prevent them from happening to you, or on your boat. If you find yourself teaching soneone to sail, you might want to mention a few of the more common place ones. Remember, these were real world screw-ups by real people, many of whom were pretty darn sure they knew what they were doing.

-- Leon Sisson

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ssteakley
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Response Posted - 02/18/2004 : 20:47:58

What amazes me is the number of sailors that are completly willing to share their worst moment for the benifit of the rest of us. I have had one very serious situation that I have already shared on this site about a man over board at night. Serious as can be when it happens but later you can laugh at the moment since everyone lived through it and only monetary loss is the worst that happens. I can not help but to read every one of the accounts in an effort to avoid the same goofs. Just shows that sailors are a good natured bunch that are concerned with everyone's safety & good time.

Steve

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 02/18/2004 : 22:03:31

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by John V.
 If you think you've had a bad day trying to get your anchor up think of this poor fellow:

http://jjdavis.net/funnyemail/bricklayer.html
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Insurance fraud for sure!

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Sea Trac
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Response Posted - 02/18/2004 : 23:07:52

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by pwhallon
 How about this idea?

Instead of running to the bow while the boat is moving forward, bring the anchor line to a winch in the cockpit. Then move the boat forward while retreiving the anchor with the winch.

Then, when the anchor is almost all the way up, go to the bow and secure it?

You would probably need, at least, a roller on the bow to do this.

Have any of you guys tried it?

PW<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Yes, and it does work incredibly well.

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 02/19/2004 : 08:56:09

Stu Jackson C34 1986 #224 and I posted there hoping to elicit pathos, compassion, empathy, where is the love?

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Sea Trac
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Response Posted - 02/19/2004 : 10:06:17

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by fhopper@mac.com
 Stu Jackson C34 1986 #224 and I posted there hoping to elicit pathos, compassion, empathy, where is the love?

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"That meant I got completely out into the channel between docks before my boat suddenly yanked back into the slip to everyone's glee."

Frank, I loved it!

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