STUPIDEST thing you have ever done, while boating...
01-16-2007, 10:52 AM
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Re: STUPIDEST thing you have ever done, while boating...
STUPIDEST thing you have ever done, while boating...
Where should I start?
My most embarrassing time was; I just got done tieing up to other boats at a very popular hang out. People everywhere! I was sitting on the bow adjusting a rope. I slipped off the bow of the boat and went overthe side. Only problem my shorts got caught on the cleat and i ended up hanging off the side with the worst weggie in the history of the world. Even worse, I couldn't get myself off so I had to be lifted off. To make it even worse there was a boat with about 20 HOT women 20 feet way. all very sympathetic but I'm sure were laughing their asses off inside!! I was never so mortified in my life!!
Where should I start?
My most embarrassing time was; I just got done tieing up to other boats at a very popular hang out. People everywhere! I was sitting on the bow adjusting a rope. I slipped off the bow of the boat and went overthe side. Only problem my shorts got caught on the cleat and i ended up hanging off the side with the worst weggie in the history of the world. Even worse, I couldn't get myself off so I had to be lifted off. To make it even worse there was a boat with about 20 HOT women 20 feet way. all very sympathetic but I'm sure were laughing their asses off inside!! I was never so mortified in my life!!
Yup, you guessed it. Fortunately only the wife there, she was very sympathetic. So were the ER doc and nurse.
Hope this made your day Charlie
01-16-2007, 11:30 AM
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Re: STUPIDEST thing you have ever done, while boating...
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01-16-2007, 12:29 PM
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Re: STUPIDEST thing you have ever done, while boating...
Tunnel boat race in Massachusetts...1975 or so. I have my new Lifeline Parachute Life Jacket on....... The kind that's supposed to slow you to under 60 mph before allowing you to enter the water feet first.....
I hook violently in turn one..... and exit through the cockpit wall...stage right (my helmet serving as a nice nose cone)...straight down into the water. My body goes down head first and surfaces feet first back up onto the deck of the Molinari...which has stopped VERY abruptly. I am floundering in the water and realise that the parachute deployed and left a trail for me to follow back to the cockpit. I climb back in and realise that my fully tied sneaker/driving shoe is still sitting on the throttle pedal (This was a very ballistic incident). The kill switch worked as did all my safety apparel, including the ballistic vest I wore beneath my driving suit....... That's the good news.
I am wet, angry, and eager to get the boat back to the pits for some makeshift repair........
I am confronted with...for the first time in my life...a wet parachute dangling from the back of my shoulders.....so...I stuff it behind my back in the drivers seat...and I make a semi high speed (at least 90) blast down the back stretch..toward the pits. The parachute apparently didn't like the view and migrated upward from behind my back to get a better look........ until the wind caught it .
For the second time in mere moments..the boat and I decelerated abruptly....and I barely hung on and stayed aboard......
When I got to the pits......and was hauled out on my trailer....a very rapid process in tunnel boat racing....there wasn't a dry eye in the area.
I never used that parachute jacket again.
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I hook violently in turn one..... and exit through the cockpit wall...stage right (my helmet serving as a nice nose cone)...straight down into the water. My body goes down head first and surfaces feet first back up onto the deck of the Molinari...which has stopped VERY abruptly. I am floundering in the water and realise that the parachute deployed and left a trail for me to follow back to the cockpit. I climb back in and realise that my fully tied sneaker/driving shoe is still sitting on the throttle pedal (This was a very ballistic incident). The kill switch worked as did all my safety apparel, including the ballistic vest I wore beneath my driving suit....... That's the good news.
I am wet, angry, and eager to get the boat back to the pits for some makeshift repair........
I am confronted with...for the first time in my life...a wet parachute dangling from the back of my shoulders.....so...I stuff it behind my back in the drivers seat...and I make a semi high speed (at least 90) blast down the back stretch..toward the pits. The parachute apparently didn't like the view and migrated upward from behind my back to get a better look........ until the wind caught it .
For the second time in mere moments..the boat and I decelerated abruptly....and I barely hung on and stayed aboard......
When I got to the pits......and was hauled out on my trailer....a very rapid process in tunnel boat racing....there wasn't a dry eye in the area.
I never used that parachute jacket again.
T2x
01-16-2007, 12:33 PM
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Re: STUPIDEST thing you have ever done, while boating...
Tunnel boat race in Massachusetts...1975 or so. I have my new Lifeline Parachute Life Jacket on....... The kind that's supposed to slow you to under 60 mph before allowing you to enter the water feet first.....
I hook violently in turn one..... and exit through the cockpit wall...stage right (my helmet serving as a nice nose cone)...straight down into the water. My body goes down head first and surfaces feet first back up onto the deck of the Molinari...which has stopped VERY abruptly. I am floundering in the water and realise that the parachute deployed and left a trail for me to follow back to the cockpit. I climb back in and realise that my fully tied sneaker/driving shoe is still sitting on the throttle pedal (This was a very ballistic incident). The kill switch worked as did all my safety apparel, including the ballistic vest I wore beneath my driving suit....... That's the good news.
I am wet, angry, and eager to get the boat back to the pits for some makeshift repair........
I am confronted with...for the first time in my life...a wet parachute dangling from the back of my shoulders.....so...I stuff it behind my back in the drivers seat...and I make a semi high speed (at least 90) blast down the back stretch..toward the pits. The parachute apparently didn't like the view and migrated upward from behind my back to get a better look........ until the wind caught it .
For the second time in mere moments..the boat and I decelerated abruptly....and I barely hung on and stayed aboard......
When I got to the pits......and was hauled out on my trailer....a very rapid process in tunnel boat racing....there wasn't a dry eye in the area.
I never used that parachute jacket again.
T2x
I hook violently in turn one..... and exit through the cockpit wall...stage right (my helmet serving as a nice nose cone)...straight down into the water. My body goes down head first and surfaces feet first back up onto the deck of the Molinari...which has stopped VERY abruptly. I am floundering in the water and realise that the parachute deployed and left a trail for me to follow back to the cockpit. I climb back in and realise that my fully tied sneaker/driving shoe is still sitting on the throttle pedal (This was a very ballistic incident). The kill switch worked as did all my safety apparel, including the ballistic vest I wore beneath my driving suit....... That's the good news.
I am wet, angry, and eager to get the boat back to the pits for some makeshift repair........
I am confronted with...for the first time in my life...a wet parachute dangling from the back of my shoulders.....so...I stuff it behind my back in the drivers seat...and I make a semi high speed (at least 90) blast down the back stretch..toward the pits. The parachute apparently didn't like the view and migrated upward from behind my back to get a better look........ until the wind caught it .
For the second time in mere moments..the boat and I decelerated abruptly....and I barely hung on and stayed aboard......
When I got to the pits......and was hauled out on my trailer....a very rapid process in tunnel boat racing....there wasn't a dry eye in the area.
I never used that parachute jacket again.
T2x
01-16-2007, 01:03 PM
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Re: STUPIDEST thing you have ever done, while boating...
I was at my girlfriends lake house this past summer. I was inside the boat doing some cleaning on the interior. I went to get out of the boat and steped on the 4'' of top deck towards the back left side of the hull. When i brought up my other foot to step up i lost balance and fell right between the boat and dock. Luckly i did not break anything and was fine. I thanked god and the angels for watching my dumb ass that day!
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01-16-2007, 04:33 PM
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Re: STUPIDEST thing you have ever done, while boating...
I managed to throw me and my sponsor out of the boat at cocktail cove. No life jacket , no kill switch , we were only going 30 mph. A lesson learned - wear jackets and use your lanyards.
