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Lightnup
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Initially Posted - 09/30/2004 : 23:48:04

Played hooky from work this afternoon and went sailing. This is the first time Wind Point has been out of the slip since the onslaught of hurricanes started ruining every weekend. It took a good while just to remove all the redundant dock lines and the redundant, redundant dock lines but felt good to finally get back on the water.

I pulled my brand new SOSpenders super-duper, lightweight, auto-inflating life vest out of its super-duper mesh storage bag and proudly donned it as I was motoring out of our marina channel. Looking like a true sailing professional, I waved at the folks on the shore and those on the passing sail and power boats. They all waved back and many even pointed toward me, obviously directing the people with them to take note of such a quintessential seaman. It wasn't until I had been out for about a half-hour that a gust of wind blew something into my peripheral vision from over my shoulder and I realized that it was the corner of the PFD instruction book, still attached to the vest. It had been freely flopping around behind me for all the world to see.

Not as expensive as the grilled GPS in the microwave but still one of those embarrassing moments.

Steve

Steve Madden
'87 WK #5668 "Lorica"
Fort Myers, FL

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tmhansen
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Response Posted - 10/01/2004 : 01:49:20

Now Steve cut that out! Oscar look what you started. If I laugh out loud the Admiral wakes up and scolds me for staying up too late. (Actually in Oscar's case I groaned out loud.) So Steve can we call you Minnie now?

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MattL
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Response Posted - 10/01/2004 : 02:45:40

Hoooooooow De

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Esteban
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Response Posted - 10/01/2004 : 10:18:57

Don't feel too bad,

This being my first sailboat and my first year with it - I discovered that contrary to the advertisement of the boat, it is a tall rig as opposed to a standard rig. Was that a bonus?

I discovered this when I hoisted my newly purchased main sail for the first time. I attempted to raise the sail a couple of times looking for the snag somewhere wondering what was happening until I looked down at the boom and the gooseneck. Apparently the mast was too long.

Esteban

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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 10/01/2004 : 11:58:57

Look at this way, Esteban. You've got it already neatly reefed!
Derek

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austin72
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Response Posted - 10/01/2004 : 12:07:07

Heh, heh, must be one of those star alignments. I was just notified that I've been walking around my office of ~1,200 employees in my oh-so-dapper new shirt, with an extra pattern stuck on it...
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frankr
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Response Posted - 10/01/2004 : 12:56:01

Our outboard motor got stuck in reverse last weekend (shift linkage broke in lower unit). So we had to motor all the way back to the marina in reverse. Confused the stuffing out of some boaters in the narrow channel seeing us coming in backwards. Also did anyone notice anything strange with the NOAA VHF weather radio last weekend - we were picking up Long Island Sound reports on what is usually the Chesapeake Bay area channel.

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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 10/01/2004 : 14:55:46

Occasionally on Canyon Lake we will hear the Coast Guard from Port Aransas (on the Gulf of Mexico) - over 200 miles away!
Derek

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Lightnup
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Response Posted - 10/01/2004 : 16:48:44

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">So we had to motor all the way back to the marina in reverse. Confused the stuffing out of some boaters in the narrow channel seeing us coming in backwards. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
When the motor died on my 40' houseboat a cruiser came alongside and gently guided us back to the marina, with the houseboat going backward. But the people on the opposite shore from the cruiser, including those in a lakefront burger joint, couldn't see the cruiser, they only saw a houseboat backing itself across the lake.

Steve

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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 10/01/2004 : 20:46:22

Picture this one... Jib sheets dangling from close to the top of the forestay, whereupon you realize that the head of the jib is fixed to the stem fitting, and the halyard is fixed to the tack. Close by to starboard, a fleet of J-24 racers is giving you a round of applause!

Fortunately, it wasn't my boat and I had not hanked on the jib, although I was on board. If it were my boat, I probably would have moved by now...

Edited by - Dave Bristle on 10/01/2004 20:47:40

Oscar
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Response Posted - 10/01/2004 : 20:52:42

Daaaaave!!!

I've never done that......

Now see guys....isn't it a cleansing liberating feeling to come clean here in the safe confines of the group? I won't post any links anywhere else...

no really I promise.

Oscar
C42 # 76 "Lady Kay"
C250 # 618 Sold and settled, awaiting transfer of command.
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Waterboy
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Response Posted - 10/02/2004 : 00:58:01

Thusfar only minor faux pas have been reported. Mine was leaving ALL the fenders out during my US Sailing test ... hey, I remembered the important stuff. For a chuckle re: a DUH headline ... check this out:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2004-04-02-anger-fight_x.htm

:~)

Greg C250WB Sabrosa
Now in Klamath Falls, OR

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Jeff McK
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Response Posted - 10/02/2004 : 19:47:52

Frank & Derek, I believe the extreme long range reception is due to a phenomenon the radio blokes call "skip". Has something to do with radio waves bouncing around in the upper atmosphere. If you are in a spot where it come to earth you can pick up the signal. I've gotten fire department radio traffic from the San Antonio area on my fire scanner in Maryland. (Used to live there & recognized the address of the incident so I definitely knew who was on the air).

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Bruce Ebling
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Response Posted - 10/02/2004 : 20:10:15

You guys think you have done some dumb stuff how about this: Being brand new to sailing I joined the local C22 Fleet. Much to my fortune they were having a launch party where all members could come and have the "expert" help raising and race-tuning their boats. Being new, I was very nervous when I showed up. The top racer in our fleet decided to come help me rig my new boat. After getting the rig all up and race tuned he told me to drive on down to the launch ramp to float the boat off the trailer. Not being real familiar with the ramp I took off down the road to the ramp and forgot to look up. After hearing a giant crash I noticed that I had just driven under a tree limb. My mast was down and rigging was everywhere! Totally embarrassed and humiliated I strapped the mast and parts to the boat and went home. Well that evening at the fleet meeting, everyone knew who I was and had to tell me their "bad luck" story. By the following Monday members had donated parts and time to get me on the water. I later on became the fleet captain of that same fleet.
Moral of the story: look up when you drive with your mast up and always trust in your local fleet.
Bruce Ebling
1989 WK Selah

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Jeff McK
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Response Posted - 10/02/2004 : 20:22:34

At least it wasn't a power line & nobody got hurt. Glad to hear everything worked out OK in the end.

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lcharlot
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Response Posted - 10/03/2004 : 11:05:04

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Esteban
 I discovered that contrary to the advertisement of the boat, it is a tall rig as opposed to a standard rig...
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Same thing happened when I bought my '89WK. The advertisement didn't say anything about it being a Tall Rig, and the broker didn't mention it either (he possibly didn't even know it was a tall rig). I didn't realize that something was "off" until several months later, when I decided to replace the upper shrouds and the wire measurements were coming out longer than expected. I then measured the mast itself and discovered it was <s>three</s> two feet longer than standard. I'm glad I didn't order the new sails before finding out it was a tall rig!

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Buzz Maring
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Response Posted - 10/03/2004 : 13:16:26

... I then measured the mast itself and discovered it was three feet longer than standard. - Larry

I'm a bit confused ... isn't the TR mast two feet taller, and the boom is one foot lower?

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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 10/03/2004 : 14:44:11

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Buzz Maring
 ... I then measured the mast itself and discovered it was three feet longer than standard. - Larry

I'm a bit confused ... isn't the TR mast two feet taller, and the boom is one foot lower?
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Yup--that's what Larry meant to say...

That, or he'd better not bring her to Nationals.

Edited by - Dave Bristle on 10/03/2004 14:45:53

MattL
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Response Posted - 10/06/2004 : 15:07:21

I know it is not a sail boat, but you just got to say Duh. This was sent to me under the headding "Why women live longer than men". At least his wheel are chocked. Notice the welder and bright light on the gas tank.

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Jeff McK
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Response Posted - 10/06/2004 : 20:14:51

OOH! A "Darwin award" candidate if I ever saw one!!

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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 10/06/2004 : 23:49:07

EEEEEEEEEEK!!! It hurts to look!

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