cliff
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next to impossible to go sailing without acquiring nasty bruises?
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Why is it
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aitchw
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Just assumed they were mandatory. Bruises, grazed shins, trapped fingers it's all the same. Anyway, if i didn't go home with said injuries SWMBO wouldn't believe I'd been sailing. Just have to avoid anything that could leave scratch marks on my back.
ShipsWoofy
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I actually do ok, yet SWMBO looks like a domestic violence victim while we are cruising. I have seen some people look at her, then at me. Maybe I should get her a T-shirt,
'It's not him, it's the boat!'
'It's not him, it's the boat!'
Lakesailor
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Nasty bruises?
Wear your bruises with pride!
Wear your bruises with pride!
Superstrath
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Nice one Cliffy!
Becky
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Like Mr Woofy's SHMBO, I seem to collect cuts and bruises whenever I go sailing. And like him, HWMBO seems to be largely immune. I suppose that when you guys have a woman around, you remain injury-free because you get her to do all the work. Conversely if you sail with men, YOU get the cuts and bruises.
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MrG_2
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BRUISES....
BRUISES....
I'll tell you about bruises.
Holed up in Carantan a couple of weeks ago, stern too, and getting ready to leave at 0800.
Checking stuff over in the cockpit and found a dog had done its business in the standing area by the port wheel.
Got the bucket out and started sluicing the cockpit and my sandal down.
After about 4 or 5 buckets the pontoon became quite wet and slippery. this time when I step off the left leg goes straight out
and the right straight down between pontoon and boat and its still giving me grief...
BRUISES....
I'll tell you about bruises.
Holed up in Carantan a couple of weeks ago, stern too, and getting ready to leave at 0800.
Checking stuff over in the cockpit and found a dog had done its business in the standing area by the port wheel.
Got the bucket out and started sluicing the cockpit and my sandal down.
After about 4 or 5 buckets the pontoon became quite wet and slippery. this time when I step off the left leg goes straight out
and the right straight down between pontoon and boat and its still giving me grief...
Evadne
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EE, that\'s nuthin\'
Back when I was brining my boat around to the Solent from the East coast, over a series of weekend sails, I had two friends on board, Dave and Sarah, for the leg from Dover to Newhaven. We anchored off Beachy head in the dark to wait for the tide, and Dave offered to sit up for the first anchor watch. I fell asleep on top of my bunk. I awoke suddenly to a quiet boat. It was half an hour after the tide had turned, I looked out and saw no Dave, "Omigod he's fallen overboard" I thinks, leaps up, slips, and lands on the the upraised edge of the main hatchway. On the bridge of my nose. The thud woke Dave up.It didn't half sting, but on the bright side it's cheaper than plastic surgery.
Back when I was brining my boat around to the Solent from the East coast, over a series of weekend sails, I had two friends on board, Dave and Sarah, for the leg from Dover to Newhaven. We anchored off Beachy head in the dark to wait for the tide, and Dave offered to sit up for the first anchor watch. I fell asleep on top of my bunk. I awoke suddenly to a quiet boat. It was half an hour after the tide had turned, I looked out and saw no Dave, "Omigod he's fallen overboard" I thinks, leaps up, slips, and lands on the the upraised edge of the main hatchway. On the bridge of my nose. The thud woke Dave up.It didn't half sting, but on the bright side it's cheaper than plastic surgery.
copterdoctor
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I thought the bruises were all part of the pleasure or am I confused? we always end a trip with "I've got more than you" "but mine are bigger" conversations. Isn't that why we sail?
DanTribe
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When my daughter was at school, she was a keen 420 sailor.
I was called into school to explain why she had so many bruises, obviously they suspected domestic violence.
Luckily one of the teachers was also a sailor, and could verify her story.
I'm not sure that the PE teacher thought that sailing was a sensible sport though.
I was called into school to explain why she had so many bruises, obviously they suspected domestic violence.
Luckily one of the teachers was also a sailor, and could verify her story.
I'm not sure that the PE teacher thought that sailing was a sensible sport though.
MrG_2
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Re: EE, that\'s nuthin\'
OOOOOOOOOOooooohhhhhhhh sounds nasty...........
OOOOOOOOOOooooohhhhhhhh sounds nasty...........
aitchw
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I'm not sure that the PE teacher thought that sailing was a sensible sport though.
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Sensible? He be right then, wouldn't he?
I'm not sure that the PE teacher thought that sailing was a sensible sport though.
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Sensible? He be right then, wouldn't he?
peterb
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Don't know about bruises. But there's nothing worse for boken finger nails!
Lakesailor
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It's the torn ligaments and cracked ribs that accompany the bruises that annoy me.
mirabriani
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Re: EE, that\'s nuthin\'
When I raced dinghies, it always intrigued me, not that I received so many bruises, cuts and scrapes, but that I could never remember how I received them!!!
Regards Briani
When I raced dinghies, it always intrigued me, not that I received so many bruises, cuts and scrapes, but that I could never remember how I received them!!!
Regards Briani
starboard
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There not bruises....they are caused by that Black thick Irish fluid you consume whilst away in the boat, its a sort of discolouration of the skin!!!
Paul.
Paul.
cliff
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There not bruises....they are caused by that Black thick Irish fluid you consume whilst away in the boat, its a sort of discolouration of the skin!!!
Paul.
[/ QUOTE ]Ok Arh begorrah and bejezuz - marvelous stuff it is an all.
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"Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity"
There not bruises....they are caused by that Black thick Irish fluid you consume whilst away in the boat, its a sort of discolouration of the skin!!!
Paul.
[/ QUOTE ]Ok Arh begorrah and bejezuz - marvelous stuff it is an all.
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cliff
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From what I see sailing is dangerous and now I hope the plonkers that insist it is safe to take an 8 month pregnant woman out sailing can see / read the errors of their ways.
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LittleShip
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Ooooh Cliff!... did you need to go all the way around the trees to make a point. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
graham
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That reminds me I still havent repainted the non slip on my cockpit floor.Last time out I skated into the cross beam for the mainsheet traveller 5 minutes after watching SWMBO do the same thing! /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
