Some sailors may suck...
09-07-2007, 04:25 PM
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Yea, cutting a mast free is not easy, we had 5 guys, all with bolt cutters and it took an hour, then you have to make sure you are not dragged over with it. It was a mess and 19 kts on a sailboat is like 100mph in a powerboat.
09-07-2007, 09:49 PM
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Hey Mitch hows it going.Wish i could have made it up there this summer, God i miss Macatawa this time of year.
Your parents still cruising in the Med? Their pretty hardcore,you go cruising with them very often?
I am heading for Europe for 7 weeks on Sunday I will stop by and say hello to them.
Yea you read all the sea stories Mitch and go i would have done this or that but when your in the pitch black with breaking 20 footers on a deck that is rolling 180 degrees it is damn scary.I was scared to death i was either going to be washed overboard or crushed by the swinging mast, and being i was the only person on board capable of functioning it was all up to me.
Your parents still cruising in the Med? Their pretty hardcore,you go cruising with them very often?
I am heading for Europe for 7 weeks on Sunday I will stop by and say hello to them.
Yea you read all the sea stories Mitch and go i would have done this or that but when your in the pitch black with breaking 20 footers on a deck that is rolling 180 degrees it is damn scary.I was scared to death i was either going to be washed overboard or crushed by the swinging mast, and being i was the only person on board capable of functioning it was all up to me.
