Lost overboard

Was expensive

Er, I was lowering a small rib (now to be known as mini-rib, never lost found or recovered with or without a dodgy outboard) from the davits on the back of a trader 55, I could not be arsed to keep un-winding the drum of the davit so I took the weight on the winch handle, lifted the ratshit, and let go of the handle, the dinghy started to lower itself at quite a pace.......oo...er...cant grab handle...spinning tooo fast......so had to wait till dinghy hit water...but this swinging of the handle made the davit shake quite alot...so much in fact...that the end of the davit (one of the extendy type ones) shot out and diassappeared into the piss....er..."oooh...um...I think I just lost something boss" I think was the next thing I said.

recently found a nice telescopic boat hook floating down river on the days I sold the boat with its boat hook so that saved me buying one for the new boat. Ha.

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Re: Was expensive

My Dear old Dad lost his false teeth over the side once.
Imagine my surprise when fishing in exactly the same spot two years later, I caught a nice snapper and found no sign of them inside it.:-)
 
BBQ

Dried out on a sandbar in the Westerscheld for a beach BBQ (2 by 4 mile long beach, completely devoid of human inhabitants.). When the tide came in, put out the BBQ, and climbed aboard. Everybody agreed that it was a great afternoon, as we sailed away. Everybody took one last look at our perfect beach, that was now becoming awash with the rising water. And everybody except one laughed as the water started lapping at the lone BBQ that stood defiantly in the middle of a soon to be under 2m of water sandbar.

Group of people on the pontoon: skipper is the one with the toolbox.
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I lost a crew member overboard half way across the Indian Ocean. Does that count? We turned around and picked him up and fined him a days pay for carelessness.

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Lost the dog overboard on the broads loads of times, but that was cos he kept jumping ship. Does that count.

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My Glasses

No, not drinking ones, wearing ones! In truth, I was actually overboard at the time - waterskiing. Yes, I know that's daft, but I'm as blind as a bat, so I ski with them on.

I was being towed just off the coast of Porthmadog in less than favourable conditions, when in the drink I went. My glasses were wrenched off by the water and I felt them drift down past my fingers as I grappled to retrieve them. And there they were, gone! In 50ft of water.

The rest of my weekend was mayhem, my wife had to drive (actually, thats a plus point!) and I made a claim through Direct Line, who were very helpful. Thereby hangs another tale...

Telephone conversation went like this...

Hello, I would like to make a claim 'cos I lost my glasses

Do you know where you lost them sir?

Yes I do actually, I know exactly where they are.

Well, if you know where they are, why don't you just go and get them?

The rest of the tale probably went right into Direct Line's archives of "stupid insurance claims".

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Re: Mrs Sailbad to be

numerous times

okay i pushed her
she was complaining that i was on the wrong tack as the sails were 'blocking out her sun' come on

numerous shoes
a lens from my sunglasses
forks
seagull engine
shackle pins



Come on brain.get this over and i can go back to killing you with beer
 
Re: BBQ

No this doesn't really count, if you carefully placed it then it can hardly have been lost overboard/forums/images/icons/smile.gif.

However like your crew it did make me smile!
 
Re: Mirror!

Well

Since you ask

It was all HER fault.

Nattered for ages for a mirror in stern cabin. Eventually she gave up nattering and bought one - bloody huge thing. I told her it was too big and refused point blank to fit it.

So when I fixed it to the wall in stern cabin I might have done a (fractionally) less than perfect job.

Anyway - there we are 20+knots of wind nasty lumpy sea and a funny banging noise from under cockpit. A screw had worked loose and one corner was sort of flapping about.

SWMBO paniced - 7 years bad luck and all that, so I have to take it down. Wanting to emphasise the point that I had been right all along I took into the cockpit to show her.

A reasoned debate ensued during which certain opinions were expressed that may, with calmer reflection, have been better left unexpressed. Somewhere amid the debate she managed to hit a wave, I think deliberately, and I was on the receiving end of of about a ton of very cold North Sea.

Did she apologise - no she did not - rolled about laughing she did. It was at that point my patience and tolerance came to an end and I threw the damned thing over the side.

The rest of the day was rather chilly in more ways than one.
 
Re: Mirror!

Brilliant Bergman, have to admit your tale made me chuckle. SWMBO heard my chuckle and I can hear her shuffling over to investigate. Watch this space!
 
Domestic bliss

Always good to know that others have the same degree of domestic bliss on board as I used to enjoy!

Great story, do you have any others tucked away to amuse us all?
 
Re: Was expensive

Regarding the above mentioned telescopic boat hook, is there a tidal flow between solent and said river if so probably mine. Wife exclaimed she left it on windscreen coming and didn't I see it go in to sea?!! Couple of fenders in the early days but once she had a knot lesson, problem solved, and does 100 gallons of water count from bilge when cooling hose let go big stylie reducing freeboard by 10"-18"?
 
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