whats the funnest thing thats happened to you

[powerskipper]

This year?
Wrong position given,
bowlines coming undone,
people going swimming unexpectedly,
any more?

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Julie

 

[tcm]

i bought a wheelchair and a red cape on ebay this morning for under a tenner! Does this count?

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[LeytonC]

Foot in the canal

was not looking what i was doing, put foot on leccy lead, it rolled and caused foot to land in the water, right up to the bottom of trousers - much to amusement of everyone else....

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[LeytonC]

ah! so you are the guy on the fire this year?

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[Phoenix of Hamble]

had a crew member throw a bucket off the back of moving boat with lanyard wrapped around wrist.... result was somewhat inevitable... good job it was a warm and light wind day....

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[1114C]

Is that really funny?

From the school of Billy Connolly perhaps!

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[LeytonC]

You would not mind, but i warned 2 other people about it - and it only ran 10 inches on the side of the canal.



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[AIDY]

well not funny really.

About 4 years ago we were in st peter port and a crew member was walking back to the boat in victoria marina. He was admiring all the boats in the marina basin (as you do) and walked into the lamp post just across the road from M and S and the scrubbing piles. He cut his nose open !

It was very funny at the time. Not for him.

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[jenku]

Are you trying to become the next pope?

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[clyst]

Saw a woman leap from her seat in a small power boat to scramble onto fordeck whilst coming into the beach just straddling the winscreen when she slipped must have hurt cos she broke the screen ! Laugh or what??? We did!!

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[[2068]]

...despite attempting to apply the taste filter, yes it is funny. Almost.

What is worse is the way Radio 4 announce these things.

"Yesterday (pause), Christopher Reeve (pause), the star of several Superman films (pause), who was paralysed when he fell from his horse in a riding accident in 1995 (pause), and who has been a supporter of stem cell research to give new hope to those with spinal injuries, (really long pause)(Yes, yes, what, has been attacked by animal rights activists ??, can now walk ??, has given a keynote speech??) ... ... ...
...has died."

dv.

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[walker]

On a day skipper course we had a bit of a control freak instructor. Went to moor in a down tide berth at Mercury Yacht Harbour on the Hamble. Admittedly there was a very strong tide running. After initially handing control to one of the other students, instructor, true to form, seized the tiller and announced the tide was too strong and he would do it. Went into the berth at about 4 knots and despite max. reverse revs hit the pontoon at not much less. Swear the bow rose 2 ft. The look on the faces of the poor people moored next door as they flew out the companionway was a picture.

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[1114C]

Fair point and to be honest will probably chuckle tomorrow when less tired! Just do not understand why is it in this country when someone dies whom we do not know we either mourn like it is the end of the world or take the p**s - I am more likely to do the latter than the former I admit.....

Anyway back to the point of the thread, more embarassing than funny, on a flotilla holiday in Croatia this year, had sailed own boat no probs all season, day of free sailing we turned up at this lovely anchorage on Mijet to see some of the others from the flotilla there - we thought we would go in stern to next to them and were pleased to see them waving to us - this is nice we thought

Waving got more furious until we realised that we were going in stern to with the full mainsail up which was probably not a great idea! Not used to the bimini was our excuse - went back out and lowered sail! V sheepish

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[TheBoatman]

I watched as someone tried to push themselves off Ramsgate pier wall with one of those telescopic boathooks, you know the type 3' when folded up 300' when extended. Anyway it suddenly collapsed back into itself leaving the operator diving over the side between the boat and the pier wall. The owner lowered the stern boarding ladder, but then asked the operator to retrive the b/hook first before coming aboard. I won't say what was said after that save that he told the owner to go forth and mulitply and drew into question as to whether the owners parents had been married at the time of his birth.

Made me smile!

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[[2068]]

Funniest thing I saw was actually at the back end of the previous season. A large GRP sailboat, probably 45ft, skipper dressed like a Sunseeker salesman, sets out from East Head, and sets a course pretty much direct to the clubhouse, completely missing out Mid Winner and North Winner, attempting to rejoin approx at NW winner.

(to those that don't know Chi harbour, cutting the corner like this is something you might try slowly in a small inflatable at high tide, but in a fin keel 45footer ???)

As he passed, I tried to shout something along the lines of "no water over there", but he didn't hear. Strangely enough, I could hear him, shouting orders like a real pro. The harbour patrol turned up to watch the developing fiasco, and credit where credit due, he almost almost very nearly made it. Alas, the highest bank is only 20 yards outside the channel, and he went into it on a falling tide at about 6 knots.

As I left, harbour patrol were ferrying crew back to the beach, leaving Cpt Pugwash on board for the next high tide...

dv.

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[TonyD]

A few years ago in Croatia on a Bav 38 with SWMBO and a mate, we moored in an empty marina (yes they do exist). We came alongside the pontoon and SWMBO and I jumped off with the warps. However, the boat was somewhat higher than we are used to and the pontoon rather lower. SWMBO landed off balance, took two large strides across the pontoon and disappeared into the water on the other side - still holding on to the stern line.

It took a full minute before I could stop laughing for long enough to help her out!



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[Colin_S]

For those that don't know it, Herne Bay has a small Harbour that dries out completely at low water.

Last summer, there was a couple that had moored their boat as the tide was falling and were rowing up to the slipway in their tender. Unfortunately they had left it too late and they beached in the middle of the harbour on the mud. They were sat in the tender in the mud about 20' from 'rescue' in the blazing sun for hours.

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[Rob_Webb]

Amazing first then funny

Many years ago sitting in Yarmouth (IoW) one day when nice wooden boat approaches to come alongside. Big dog standing on bow with line in his mouth. Very short bloke with big beard and pipe apparently at helm peering over coachroof. When I've recovered myself I take bow line from dog's mouth, make fast, then head aft to take stern line from helmsman who has no legs. Chap swings himself around boat on his arms, only puts articifical legs on when going ashore.

Dog (big yellow Lab I think) was his crew.

As it stands, story of inspiration. Really nice chap, great sense of humour, referred to his own situation as "singlehanded not really being applicable" and "what about my dog" etc etc. After an initial awkawrdness on my part we had a laugh.

I kid you not, this is completely true story.... stick with me.

Later that night, alseep in bunk, woken up by big splash and noise next door - jump up on deck to be greeted by following scene:

1. Big dog obviously not quite made it during transfer from dinghy back to boat
2. Big dog now hanging off stern of boat trying to get itself back aboard
3. Rubber dinghy shooting off in opposite direction following kick from dog
4. Legless skipper calmly swimming off to retrieve dinghy, still wearing flat cap and smoking pipe in mouth!

Legless ("but not pissed" - his own crack!) skipper declines any offers of assitance but calmly gets himself back into dinghy and back aboard boat where we have another good laugh.

Wake up next morning to find clothes and row of bank notes pegged out to dry on guardrails as a reminder of the previous night.

Someone might even recognise or know this character.

You couldn't make it up.

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[kds]

Re: Amazing first then funny

Was he Welsh and did he write brilliant books ?
Ken

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[dralex]

I thought this was meant to be a confessional for personal cock ups, not other peoples. COme on people- embarrass yourselves.

I was transferring our new boat from the Dart mooring to our marina berth earlier this year. I was on my own and everyting was going well. After a lovely bit of parking, I stepped of onto the pontoon with the midships line I'd prepared earlier- unfortunately on my way off the boat, my foot nudged the morse control into ahead!!! There was me trying to stop my lovely new boat trying to drive itself up onto the pontoon- the olders Dehler 34s have a fairly raked bow and so is was doing a fair job of climbing the pontoon- it was one of those comedy moments with me trying to stop the bow being trashed, but with no one to put the boat in neutral. I just had to make a run for it in the end.

Needless to say, there was an audience- should have said I was just delivering the boat.

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