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Pacificcoast101
Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 718 City/Region: Torrance
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 2008
C-Dory Model: 255 Tomcat
Vessel Name: No Pressure
Photos: No Pressure
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tsturm
Joined: 01 Nov 2003 Posts: 1135 City/Region: Soldotna
State or Province: AK
C-Dory Year: 2003
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: JMR TOO
Photos: JMR-TOO
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Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 2:23 pm Post subject: |
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Pacificcoast101 wrote: | Ferg wrote: | While slowly navigating through a swarm of ski jets on the ICW, one of them cuts right in front of our bow. My wife turns to port to maneuver away from him, only to find that he was towing someone on a raft. Could have been very ugly if my wife didn’t throw us in reverse | There was a teen in Long Beach, California several years ago who thought it would be fun to jump the wake of a passing ski boat. He didn't notice the skier behind the boat and was decapitated by the tow rope. |
Another gene pool cleansing |
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Foggy
Joined: 01 Aug 2013 Posts: 1524 City/Region: Traverse City; Northern Lake Michigan
State or Province: MI
C-Dory Year: 2014
C-Dory Model: 26 Venture
Vessel Name: Boatless in Boating Paradise
Photos: W B Nod
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Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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No doubt stuff happens; some stupid, some dumb, some called one when it's
actually the other.
To clarify:
Dumb is when someone doesn't know any better.
Stupid is when someone knows better but does it anyway.
Take what's going on in the world, involving boats and everything else, and
you'll see plenty of both.
Aye. _________________ "I don't want any cake" - said no one ever.
If someone tells you they don't eat cake, unfriend them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life. |
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Ferg
Joined: 18 Jun 2015 Posts: 187 City/Region: Oak Island
State or Province: NC
C-Dory Year: 2008
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Here & Now
Photos: Here & Now
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Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:36 am Post subject: |
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My buddy was captaining a high speed cat pulling in to dock in San Francisco when some genius on a jet ski decided it would be fun to drive between the hulls. |
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flagold
Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Posts: 951 City/Region: Abbeville
State or Province: AL
C-Dory Year: 2003
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: C-Dawg-E
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Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2019 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know how this rates (and not the dumbest thing) but the most consistently dumb thing I see people do, over and over, is buy a boat far larger than their experience dictates, which leads to scenes like below (maddened docking):
https://youtu.be/Ky5rwDPghbE
Ultimately these guys ended up on the hook riding out one of the worst storms we've seen because they couldn't handle boat docking (or the boat in general). Don't find this kind of thing in the C-Dory crowd. A refreshing thing. _________________ >Film: C-Dory Buyers Guide< |
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smckean (Tosca)
Joined: 18 Jan 2014 Posts: 975 City/Region: Guemes Island (Anacortes)
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Tosca
Photos: Tosca
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Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 2:04 pm Post subject: |
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I guess I don't care if folks are so self-deluded that they waste their money on damaging a boat they can't handle (I see the same mentality in snow skiing.....where folks think that their poor skiing skills will somehow be magically "fixed" with a new, expensive set of skis). However, it's these overly self-confident, self-denying individuals that raise insurance rates for all of us! Unfortunately, we all pay for this stupidity. |
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Pacificcoast101
Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 718 City/Region: Torrance
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 2008
C-Dory Model: 255 Tomcat
Vessel Name: No Pressure
Photos: No Pressure
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colbysmith
Joined: 02 Oct 2011 Posts: 4573 City/Region: Madison
State or Province: WI
C-Dory Year: 2009
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: C-Traveler
Photos: C-Traveler and Midnight-Flyer
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Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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Too much wind? Too much current? Or just too much to drink... Or possibly a mechanical problem? I'm thinking choice c. |
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hardee
Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 12633 City/Region: Sequim
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Sleepy-C
Photos: SleepyC
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Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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I spent a night at the fuel (E) dock at Nanaimo Harbor Authority dock recently.
I was reading a good book, so didn't turn in at dark, instead it was about 11:30PM. Between dark and when I quit reading I counted 19 little commuter boats over about 2.5 hours that were going in and out of the harbor with NO LIGHTS, nav or otherwise. I didn't count the one that I could see the cigarette glow as a light. Besides these little commuters (10 to 16 feet) there are also big commercial tugs, commercial fishing boats, and big yachts coming in and out. I guess all those commuter types just think that since they cross there all the time, everybody knows when and where they go. Thump thump.
Harvey
SleepyC
_________________ Though in our sleep we are not conscious of our activity or surroundings, we should not, in our wakefulness, be unconscious of our sleep. |
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