:: Funny Story ::
hey folks... apologies if i'm boring some of you lately with a bit too much sailing stuff, but i'm in a sailing mood, finally having the time to sail more on weekends!
here's a funny bit frm the Bowman's Union webbie...
"I was sailing as an Italian on Mandrake in the Admiral's Cup in '92 with John Kolius. In the Fastnet Race it was between us and an English 50-footer, and we were more or less match racing them to Fastnet Rock. It was really blowing, with maybe 15-foot swells, and we're out there bashing around with our No. 2s up -- but it was one of those deals where it's so close that you don't want to change your headsail unless the other guy does. So we got ready, and the next thing you know the other guy's jib just rips in half. So I run up to change our jib, with the halyard in my right hand and the new jib in my left, and all of a sudden we come off a wave and crash down to the bottom. The bow's dropping faster than I am, so I'm kind of up in the air for a while, and when I land on deck my hand just touches the No. 2, and it explodes. I go flying out through the shreds, still with the jib and halyard, and I figure, 'Well, better leave the jib on the boat.' So I let go of that, reach up and grab the halyard with my other hand, swing back, drag through the water, and just unzip the rest of the jib all the way back. Now I'm hanging there like Tarzan, thinking 'Oh shit, here comes the transom.' So I let go and catch the stern pulpit with both hands, and all of a sudden I'm just standing on the stern, outside the lifelines. Up on the rail, everybody's eyes are all over the place, trying to see where I am. Kolius turns around and sees me and says, 'Prussia, what the hell are you doing there? Get back on the bow and put that jib up.'"
i was just laughing and laughing as i was reading it... d'oh!
hey folks... apologies if i'm boring some of you lately with a bit too much sailing stuff, but i'm in a sailing mood, finally having the time to sail more on weekends!
here's a funny bit frm the Bowman's Union webbie...
"I was sailing as an Italian on Mandrake in the Admiral's Cup in '92 with John Kolius. In the Fastnet Race it was between us and an English 50-footer, and we were more or less match racing them to Fastnet Rock. It was really blowing, with maybe 15-foot swells, and we're out there bashing around with our No. 2s up -- but it was one of those deals where it's so close that you don't want to change your headsail unless the other guy does. So we got ready, and the next thing you know the other guy's jib just rips in half. So I run up to change our jib, with the halyard in my right hand and the new jib in my left, and all of a sudden we come off a wave and crash down to the bottom. The bow's dropping faster than I am, so I'm kind of up in the air for a while, and when I land on deck my hand just touches the No. 2, and it explodes. I go flying out through the shreds, still with the jib and halyard, and I figure, 'Well, better leave the jib on the boat.' So I let go of that, reach up and grab the halyard with my other hand, swing back, drag through the water, and just unzip the rest of the jib all the way back. Now I'm hanging there like Tarzan, thinking 'Oh shit, here comes the transom.' So I let go and catch the stern pulpit with both hands, and all of a sudden I'm just standing on the stern, outside the lifelines. Up on the rail, everybody's eyes are all over the place, trying to see where I am. Kolius turns around and sees me and says, 'Prussia, what the hell are you doing there? Get back on the bow and put that jib up.'"
i was just laughing and laughing as i was reading it... d'oh!
posted by Lynette at 11:09 pm
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