STUPIDEST thing you have ever done, while boating...
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STUPIDEST thing you have ever done, while boating...
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My most embarrassing time was; I just got done tieing up to other boats at a very popular hang out. People everywhere! I was sitting on the bow adjusting a rope. I slipped off the bow of the boat and went overthe side. Only problem my shorts got caught on the cleat and i ended up hanging off the side with the worst weggie in the history of the world. Even worse, I couldn't get myself off so I had to be lifted off. To make it even worse there was a boat with about 20 HOT women 20 feet way. all very sympathetic but I'm sure were laughing their asses off inside!! I was never so mortified in my life!!
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My most embarrassing time was; I just got done tieing up to other boats at a very popular hang out. People everywhere! I was sitting on the bow adjusting a rope. I slipped off the bow of the boat and went overthe side. Only problem my shorts got caught on the cleat and i ended up hanging off the side with the worst weggie in the history of the world. Even worse, I couldn't get myself off so I had to be lifted off. To make it even worse there was a boat with about 20 HOT women 20 feet way. all very sympathetic but I'm sure were laughing their asses off inside!! I was never so mortified in my life!!
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Yup, you guessed it. Fortunately only the wife there, she was very sympathetic. So were the ER doc and nurse.
Hope this made your day Charlie
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Tunnel boat race in Massachusetts...1975 or so. I have my new Lifeline Parachute Life Jacket on....... The kind that's supposed to slow you to under 60 mph before allowing you to enter the water feet first.....
I hook violently in turn one..... and exit through the cockpit wall...stage right (my helmet serving as a nice nose cone)...straight down into the water. My body goes down head first and surfaces feet first back up onto the deck of the Molinari...which has stopped VERY abruptly. I am floundering in the water and realise that the parachute deployed and left a trail for me to follow back to the cockpit. I climb back in and realise that my fully tied sneaker/driving shoe is still sitting on the throttle pedal (This was a very ballistic incident). The kill switch worked as did all my safety apparel, including the ballistic vest I wore beneath my driving suit....... That's the good news.
I am wet, angry, and eager to get the boat back to the pits for some makeshift repair........
I am confronted with...for the first time in my life...a wet parachute dangling from the back of my shoulders.....so...I stuff it behind my back in the drivers seat...and I make a semi high speed (at least 90) blast down the back stretch..toward the pits. The parachute apparently didn't like the view and migrated upward from behind my back to get a better look........ until the wind caught it .
For the second time in mere moments..the boat and I decelerated abruptly....and I barely hung on and stayed aboard......
When I got to the pits......and was hauled out on my trailer....a very rapid process in tunnel boat racing....there wasn't a dry eye in the area.
I never used that parachute jacket again.
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I hook violently in turn one..... and exit through the cockpit wall...stage right (my helmet serving as a nice nose cone)...straight down into the water. My body goes down head first and surfaces feet first back up onto the deck of the Molinari...which has stopped VERY abruptly. I am floundering in the water and realise that the parachute deployed and left a trail for me to follow back to the cockpit. I climb back in and realise that my fully tied sneaker/driving shoe is still sitting on the throttle pedal (This was a very ballistic incident). The kill switch worked as did all my safety apparel, including the ballistic vest I wore beneath my driving suit....... That's the good news.
I am wet, angry, and eager to get the boat back to the pits for some makeshift repair........
I am confronted with...for the first time in my life...a wet parachute dangling from the back of my shoulders.....so...I stuff it behind my back in the drivers seat...and I make a semi high speed (at least 90) blast down the back stretch..toward the pits. The parachute apparently didn't like the view and migrated upward from behind my back to get a better look........ until the wind caught it .
For the second time in mere moments..the boat and I decelerated abruptly....and I barely hung on and stayed aboard......
When I got to the pits......and was hauled out on my trailer....a very rapid process in tunnel boat racing....there wasn't a dry eye in the area.
I never used that parachute jacket again.
T2x
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Tunnel boat race in Massachusetts...1975 or so. I have my new Lifeline Parachute Life Jacket on....... The kind that's supposed to slow you to under 60 mph before allowing you to enter the water feet first.....
I hook violently in turn one..... and exit through the cockpit wall...stage right (my helmet serving as a nice nose cone)...straight down into the water. My body goes down head first and surfaces feet first back up onto the deck of the Molinari...which has stopped VERY abruptly. I am floundering in the water and realise that the parachute deployed and left a trail for me to follow back to the cockpit. I climb back in and realise that my fully tied sneaker/driving shoe is still sitting on the throttle pedal (This was a very ballistic incident). The kill switch worked as did all my safety apparel, including the ballistic vest I wore beneath my driving suit....... That's the good news.
I am wet, angry, and eager to get the boat back to the pits for some makeshift repair........
I am confronted with...for the first time in my life...a wet parachute dangling from the back of my shoulders.....so...I stuff it behind my back in the drivers seat...and I make a semi high speed (at least 90) blast down the back stretch..toward the pits. The parachute apparently didn't like the view and migrated upward from behind my back to get a better look........ until the wind caught it .
For the second time in mere moments..the boat and I decelerated abruptly....and I barely hung on and stayed aboard......
When I got to the pits......and was hauled out on my trailer....a very rapid process in tunnel boat racing....there wasn't a dry eye in the area.
I never used that parachute jacket again.
T2x
I hook violently in turn one..... and exit through the cockpit wall...stage right (my helmet serving as a nice nose cone)...straight down into the water. My body goes down head first and surfaces feet first back up onto the deck of the Molinari...which has stopped VERY abruptly. I am floundering in the water and realise that the parachute deployed and left a trail for me to follow back to the cockpit. I climb back in and realise that my fully tied sneaker/driving shoe is still sitting on the throttle pedal (This was a very ballistic incident). The kill switch worked as did all my safety apparel, including the ballistic vest I wore beneath my driving suit....... That's the good news.
I am wet, angry, and eager to get the boat back to the pits for some makeshift repair........
I am confronted with...for the first time in my life...a wet parachute dangling from the back of my shoulders.....so...I stuff it behind my back in the drivers seat...and I make a semi high speed (at least 90) blast down the back stretch..toward the pits. The parachute apparently didn't like the view and migrated upward from behind my back to get a better look........ until the wind caught it .
For the second time in mere moments..the boat and I decelerated abruptly....and I barely hung on and stayed aboard......
When I got to the pits......and was hauled out on my trailer....a very rapid process in tunnel boat racing....there wasn't a dry eye in the area.
I never used that parachute jacket again.
T2x
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I was at my girlfriends lake house this past summer. I was inside the boat doing some cleaning on the interior. I went to get out of the boat and steped on the 4'' of top deck towards the back left side of the hull. When i brought up my other foot to step up i lost balance and fell right between the boat and dock. Luckly i did not break anything and was fine. I thanked god and the angels for watching my dumb ass that day!
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I managed to throw me and my sponsor out of the boat at cocktail cove. No life jacket , no kill switch , we were only going 30 mph. A lesson learned - wear jackets and use your lanyards.