"Larry" wrote in message
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Tom Francis wrote in
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Been there, done that.

The shock is..."invigorating"... :)



We were having a little party on "Lionheart", about 8 of us. One of the
neighbors partying with us wanted more of his favorite libation so went
to his boat for a refill as Lionheart's larder wasn't up to his
specifications.

Everyone was quite drunk and there were a couple of young females that
distracted us so noone noticed that Lloyd didn't come back in a timely
manner.



Somewhere I have a picture of me making an ass of myself, taken many years
ago. We had a 28' Uniflite at the time, bow in, at a slip at Scituate
Harbor. The finger slips were narrow and wobbly and the boat beside me was
out, so his boat lines that normally helped stabilize the finger were
absent.

There was a dock party going on and I went aboard the Uniflite to make some
kind of frozen drink thing using the blender. When it was ready, I grabbed
the pitcher and jumped down from the cockpit onto the end of the finger
slip. It acted just like a springboard and immediately launched me three
feet in the air and into the water. The picture is a classic .... all you
can see is my arm and hand sticking out of the water, holding the pitcher of
drinks high and dry. I forget who took it, but the timing was perfect.
When I surfaced, the crowd on the dock were laughing accompanied by applause
and cheering for "saving the drinks".

Eisboch