Portland race looking nasty

[Neil_Y]

Some nice images on Yachts and yachting site of a 50-60' yacht caught in the rough stuff in a blow. This really shows how dangerous it can be.

There are a few more pictures on the forum favourite pictures recent pages.

 

[wiggy]

If only they'd read your post first, they could see how much flatter the sea is 100 yrds inshore!

 

[Goldie]

It does rather beg the question ' What was he doing there?' though!

 

[FullCircle]

It does rather beg the question ' What was he doing there?' though!

Enjoying himself probably.....

 

[Elessar]

it looks like a well found yacht - why on earth did he put himself there?

Bonkers.

 

[Downsman]

it looks like a well found yacht - why on earth did he put himself there?

Bonkers.

Because he arranged for someone else to be there to take the photos..Hey! It's his 15 minutes of life fame..The rest of his life he spends measuring the height of shop blinds to make sure they comply with Health and Safety Regulations.. I hope he enjoyed it..

 

[sarabande]

hi Downsman.

I once added lifelike bits to the Long Man. Ah, the follies of youth...

 

[Boo2]

There are a few more pictures on the forum favourite pictures recent pages.

Linky ?

Boo2

 

[Downsman]

hi Downsman.

I once added lifelike bits to the Long Man. Ah, the follies of youth...

The cheek!! Ours is a respectable giant unlike his cousin down at Cerne Abbas..

 

[sarabande]

No, I didn't add a cheek to the LM of Wilmington. Rather more frontal stuff.

Now it must be 50 years ago, so the photos in the Gazette would have been in B&W.

 

[Downsman]

Yes, I suspected your efforts were directed elsewhere on him. Before I left UK in 2009, local students made him a pair of skis (with white tape) to match his ski sticks. Upset the local miseries!!..

 

[Neil_Y]

Linky ?

Boo2

Try this http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=382&PN=1073&title=favourite-photos

 

[Tom Price]

Kid's stuff!

Could someone with both better memory AND better technology than myself please put an end to this sort of thread by posting those definitive pics of an AWB motoring into a huge swell roaring through the pierheads of some French port then turning round and surfing back in - unharmed.
The ultimate adrenaline junkie IMHO!

 

[Ubergeekian]

Yes, I suspected your efforts were directed elsewhere on him. Before I left UK in 2009, local students made him a pair of skis (with white tape) to match his ski sticks. Upset the local miseries!!..

Some years ago a group of glider pilots visiting the Yorkshire GC at Sutton Bank added an enormous priapism (will that get through the swear filter?) to the white horse which is immediately beside one of the runways. It was clearly visible ten miles away and caused a bit of a stir until it was - hastily - removed.

Edit: Yes, "priapism" is fine.

 

[Seajet]

Then of course there were a couple of farmers fed up with RAF low flying who wrote 'F*** Off Biggles' on the roof of a barn and by harvester etc 'crop marking' a field; thereby guaranteeing they went straight into the relevant pilots' waypoints to visit whenever possible...