Seahope
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I ask as I can start the bidding with an iPhone 3GS - fell out of my pocket when leaving the boat. I would have liked to salvage the SIM but I couldn't find a shop that sells magnets 
What is the most expensive thing you have dropped overboard?
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Channel Ribs
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I ask as I can start the bidding with an iPhone 3GS - fell out of my pocket when leaving the boat. I would have liked to salvage the SIM but I couldn't find a shop that sells magnets
You have my heartfelt sympathies, over the years Neptune's lost property box has done well out of me: Phones, PDAs, drills, spanners, you name it.
There was also the well documented case of the missing prop shaft!
The sea gives, and it generally does not give back that which you do not keep it a buttoned pocket.
yankeebloke
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most expensive.....hmmmmm
my wife went overboard once, she has cost me thousands over the years...........
oh do you mean things that you didnt have a duty to, or couldnt recover?
my wife went overboard once, she has cost me thousands over the years...........
oh do you mean things that you didnt have a duty to, or couldnt recover?
thefatlady
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My SWMBO went overboard in the entrance to the Hamble at about midnight one Cowes firework night.
The Harbour Master brought her back to me.
Don't ask!
The Harbour Master brought her back to me.
Don't ask!
alt
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My girlfriend.
But she managed to climb back on-board
But she managed to climb back on-board
fergie_mac66
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keys
a bunch of keys ! The hassle !!
a bunch of keys ! The hassle !!
Seahope
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You guys 
If SWMBO had gone overboard I would have had to have jumped in anyway not because I would have needed to but because if I didn't life wouldn't be worth living
As I watched my phone elegantly descend into the murk I realized it was history and didn't think about diving in after it.
If SWMBO had gone overboard I would have had to have jumped in anyway not because I would have needed to but because if I didn't life wouldn't be worth living
As I watched my phone elegantly descend into the murk I realized it was history and didn't think about diving in after it.
Alrob
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2 walkie talkies in two weeks, managed to retrieve one but completly knackerd
hlb
RIP
The Ex wife.
Kawasaki
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There was also the well documented case of the missing prop shaft!
Yes, I remember that Gig, it still gives me moments of intense hilarity during bouts of rare depression
I have 'documents' stored
I could 'release' them if you wish
Channel Ribs
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I have 'documents' stored
I could 'release' them if you wish
No, no. Really, no.
The words "jubilee clip" still make me judder.
Kawasaki
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Yep, I remember that.
You were really upset.
Cos She was holding a bottle (yer last one) of whiskey and yer last pack of fags
hlb, You are a Cad Sir!
volvopaul
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Yes me too it was the wife, though she wasnt the wife then............. though she still came back for more, and is mrsvolvopaul now.
Her phone and other bits are at the bottom of the Lymington River!!
Her phone and other bits are at the bottom of the Lymington River!!
hlb
RIP
I lost the stern gland, but some how kept the bent shaft, that was expencive, but not as much as loosing the Ex.
Searush
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SWMBO let go of a boathook once, but we got it back. I lost some change out of my pocket once too, but got it all back when the tide receded.
I don't recall anything going over the side that I didn't recover, but we have rescued boats, balloons, beach balls, footballs, fenders, buckets and a complete windsurfer rig.
Ohh, I've just remembered, the cap off the navel pipe went over the side in deep water when its lanyard broke but I can't find a replacement anywhere - just use the bottom of a plastic milk bottle now. And a winch handle 15 years ago. But nothing exciting.
I don't recall anything going over the side that I didn't recover, but we have rescued boats, balloons, beach balls, footballs, fenders, buckets and a complete windsurfer rig.
Ohh, I've just remembered, the cap off the navel pipe went over the side in deep water when its lanyard broke but I can't find a replacement anywhere - just use the bottom of a plastic milk bottle now. And a winch handle 15 years ago. But nothing exciting.
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Anchors.
Three of them.
All Deltas.
Generally speaking, people use line, chain, or a combination therof to retreive them.
Not me!
Three of them.
All Deltas.
Generally speaking, people use line, chain, or a combination therof to retreive them.
Not me!
epervier
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landrover, trailer, 14 ton forklift, and I'm not just bragging, I've got the photos to prove it!
, and I'm not just bragging, I've got the photos to prove it!Seahope
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landrover, trailer, 14 ton forklift
i don't think anyone can top that. You must have been really 'gutted'!
alruss
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Pictures
Epervier, post the proof you say you have, we could do with a good laugh.
Epervier, post the proof you say you have, we could do with a good laugh.
epervier
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I was really pissed, 4 hours of serious drinking, before the days of outlawed drinking and boating.