How many of these have you seen for real?

Post by Ed » Fri Oct 22, 2010 3:23 pm

Its Friday....and this is Banter.....so have a laugh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ1PshPKfu4

Sad thing is the number of these I have seen actually happen

eib

Post by **neil** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 4:14 pm

when I was a paid hand on Velsheda many years ago we were transferring some gear from a rib, one of the guys had a huge generator battery in his hands, slipped and went over the side still holding it. He tried to tread water, for about 0.1 of a second and sank like a stone.

He appeared about 15 seconds later having gone down a long way.

Post by Ed » Fri Oct 22, 2010 5:16 pm

Worked on Velsheda.....?

cooooooool!

Always wanted to grab a sail on Shamrock V.....maybe one day!

eib

Pat · Post by **Pat** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 5:54 pm

The boat running up the beach reminded me of the chokka (calamari/squid) boats landing in South Africa, running at speed through the surf and as far up the beach as possible. Health and safety is non-existant so you keep to the lifeguarded areas to surf and bodyboard and don't walk on the landing beaches.

Post by Ed » Fri Oct 22, 2010 5:59 pm

There used to be an instructor down at Rock, who would sail their Lasers in 'mucho' wind.

He had a trick I liked.....he would sail straight at the beach and just as he left the water would allow the laser to capsize so that it ran up the beach on its rail, he would then step off and leave the boat out of the water, on its side with the sail in the lee of the hull.

Very slick.....as long as it isn't your own boat!

eib

Nessa · Post by **Nessa** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:23 pm

never mind see them, I have managed to perfom many of these feats myself!

Post by **Rupert** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 8:10 pm

The "worked on Velsheda" comment fits in rather nicely with Ed's childhood summer holiday talk. Am I the only one who doesn't have a secret exotic past life hiding somewhere?!

Post by **neil** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 8:18 pm

It wasn't that glamourous - mostly multiple trips around the Island on a diet of leftover smoked salmon and Pimms and 50 quid a week.

The Swan circuit was a lot more fun

Post by **Rupert** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 8:41 am

Sigh...now the Swan circuit does sound good...maybe when the kids have grown up...

Michael Brigg · Post by **Michael Brigg** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:27 am

Rupert wrote:Sigh...now the Swan circuit does sound good...maybe when the kids have grown up...

What's so good about that?

All you do is sit around all day stripping the wenches that are needed for the week-end...

(well thats what my friend Lew's mother told me

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Post by **neil** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 12:31 pm

Michael Brigg wrote:
All you do is sit around all day stripping the wenches that are needed for the week-end )

Think you'll find the wenches were in the owner's domain

Garry R · Post by **Garry R** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 2:41 pm

Are we talking winches or wenches? A world of difference!!

JimC · Post by **JimC** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 2:52 pm

Garry R wrote:Are we talking winches or wenches? A world of difference!!

I think we can assume that the wenches are going to be heading towards those with the large bulge in their pockets that's most notoriously attractive to women. So owners territory. The crew, on the other hand, gets to play with the winches.

Michael Brigg · Post by **Michael Brigg** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 10:50 pm

Garry R wrote:Are we talking winches or wenches? A world of difference!!

The clue is in the identity of my informant.

(Think about it)

Garry R · Post by **Garry R** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 8:46 am

Lew's women?!!!

CVRDA

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