It was bound to happen eventually. I've given
people detailed briefings on how to get on and
off the boat, but no one seems to listen much.

Climbing on board ECHO over the stern has
been a bit of a challenge. I have the knack for
it, but others, newbies, have had problems.

It involves grasping the rail in two places, placing a
foot on the sloped transom and bringing the other
leg up. The reverse is similar, only the leg is
stretched from the top flat area of the transom
to the dock.

Yesterday, I had my the first victim. I need to
video tape these things in the future.

A lady friend was trying to get off the boat. Instead
of putting her foot on the portion of the dock closest
to the boat, she angled it out some. I was just about
to say something when she slipped and hung from
the pushpit for a brief moment, and then "PLOP"
into the drink.

I hate to think that, less than a second was the longest
she could hold on in an emergency.

Fortunately the tide, which a rare intervals leaves
debris along the dock, had swept the area clear
and the water was very warm and relatively clean.

I hauled her onto the dock, with my double
wrist grip, and she was somewhat embarassed
but no worse for the wear. I will get many years
of laughs thinking about that one.

I've never fallen in, although I have done my share
of freaky dances climbing into and out of dinghy's
in the past.

Anyone else have any good falling in stories?

"Bart Senior" wrote in message
| Anyone else have any good falling in stories?

Wooooooooo Yah!

It was Friday Night... 4 sailboats had sailed to a party in Horseshoe Bay
about 8 miles away. I had been invited to show up and promised I would after
a late start.
I got back late from work and tried to line up some crew. I went to the bar
and found 4 ladies who wanted to go.. only 2 with sailing experience. I then
ran into a friend..I'll call him Remora.... it was his nick name. One of
those people who jinx and screw up all the time. I should have known better
but he had a knapsack of beer and rum. I didn't have time to hit the booze
store and he had been sailing before. So off we all went... drunk as
skunks... 4 babes, Remora and I... after last call.... down to the dock.
It was 0200hrs. Winds were 30 kts and the waves were up. We needed to bring
the boat in to the dock from the mooring to load the girls. Remora placed
his knapsack into the dinghy before climbing in and I rowed out the 7 foot
fiberglass punt to Overproof bobbing at her pennants.The waves were not
making the progress easy but I was at the oars and making way.

As we approached the Overproof's bow I calmly yelled to Remora to stay still
while I drift down secure us..... to which he replied.. "No Sweat I got it"
and promptly stood up!! We were over and upside down in a splash! I
sputtered some obscenities and made way for the bowsprit and climbed up in
an instant. As Remora flailed in the water I realized to my horror that the
knapsack was on a one way trip to Davy Jones Locker!! While Remora
continued his incessant pleas for help, I ordered him to grab the knapsack
and pass it over. He refused because he feared he would drown under the
added burden... knowing I had to act .. I leaped over the side firmly
holding the rail and placed a foot on Remora's head ... submerging him but
rescuing the knapsack. I lifted it and myself onboard. When I knew the booze
was safely aboard I reluctantly used the boat hook to drag his sorry carcass
to the stern and lifted him aboard as well.. Remora is 6 foot 4 inches and
150 lbs . I then started the engine let loose the mooring and went to the
dock to load the ladies. Enroute I made the Remora hang by his feet to
retrieve the oars and the dinghy painter.

When we got to the dock the ladies were in tears of laughter! Luckily I
lived aboard at the time and had dry clothes for both of us. We reefed,
raised canvas and sailed out under radar and made the party at about
0400hrs... just as it was getting under full swing.

Two other Captains at the party who sailed regularly with me won a bet of
$100 each on if I would show up. It was a great time and made for a great
story. Even Remora got laid... a sympathy screw no doubt.

CM

I did one similar to the one on Golden Pond...
doing the splits between a row boat and the dock.
Fortunately managed to remove my wallet, keys,
and watch before the inevitable happened.

I also fell off a dock after having extracted
the mast on my windrider... I backed up, and
backed up, and fell off the dock. Landed between
several large rocks in about 3 feet of water...

Why are you climbing on at the stern... can't
you get on/off on the sides?

In article ,
Bart Senior wrote:
Climbing on board ECHO over the stern has
been a bit of a challenge. I have the knack for
it, but others, newbies, have had problems.

--
Jonathan Ganz (j gan z @ $ail no w.c=o=m)
http://www.sailnow.com
"If there's no wind, row."

Only time I've fallen in was when I was getting into the dinghy last year
from the transom, had one foot on the middle seat and one of the ladder and
a three foot wall of wake hit both boats...dinghy tipped in, stern on
Chanteuse went up, Katy went splop! in the middle.....was also the first
time in my whole life I did the splits....and the last, I hope....

--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein



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I had a number of wet episodes when I was a dinghy sailor, but have stayed
relatively dry in recent years. However, I did have one incident a few years
ago that caught me totally by surprise:

We were on a mooring in Northeast Harbor, Mt Desert. I was up early and decided
to row into town to get some muffins for breakfast. I was standing in the
normally stable Fatty Knees dink sorting out the oars, when the current pushed
the bow of the dink up on the stern steps of Loki. The stability of the boat
was completely altered, and the next thing I knew I was in the frigid Maine
water beside an upside down dink. The current was pushing me under Loki, but
fortunately I was able to grab the steering crossbar, and get to the steps on
the other stern, which has a ladder.

A few lessons: The unexpected happens very quickly! Wear a PFD when
singlehanding. Clear the oars before getting in the dink.



"Bart Senior" wrote in message
news
It was bound to happen eventually. I've given
people detailed briefings on how to get on and
off the boat, but no one seems to listen much.

Climbing on board ECHO over the stern has
been a bit of a challenge. I have the knack for
it, but others, newbies, have had problems.

It involves grasping the rail in two places, placing a
foot on the sloped transom and bringing the other
leg up. The reverse is similar, only the leg is
stretched from the top flat area of the transom
to the dock.

Yesterday, I had my the first victim. I need to
video tape these things in the future.

A lady friend was trying to get off the boat. Instead
of putting her foot on the portion of the dock closest
to the boat, she angled it out some. I was just about
to say something when she slipped and hung from
the pushpit for a brief moment, and then "PLOP"
into the drink.

I hate to think that, less than a second was the longest
she could hold on in an emergency.

Fortunately the tide, which a rare intervals leaves
debris along the dock, had swept the area clear
and the water was very warm and relatively clean.

I hauled her onto the dock, with my double
wrist grip, and she was somewhat embarassed
but no worse for the wear. I will get many years
of laughs thinking about that one.

I've never fallen in, although I have done my share
of freaky dances climbing into and out of dinghy's
in the past.

Anyone else have any good falling in stories?

"Bart Senior"

Anyone else have any good falling in stories?


I fell of a 50 ft utility boat once while it was underway, nothing
hurt and the water was warm.

A bad falling over story, before I meet my wife she worked on shrimp
boats.
Two boats were tied together about 100 miles offshore. One of the crew
members fell between the boats and had his leg squished off. USCG flew
him in and he lived...

I got washed over once in the gulf. 11 ft seas. First thing I knew I
was slamming into the strut just in front of a 72" propellor. My life
flashed before my eyes!


Joe

In article ,
Joe wrote:
I got washed over once in the gulf. 11 ft seas. First thing I knew I
was slamming into the strut just in front of a 72" propellor. My life
flashed before my eyes!

All 30 seconds of it.

Oh, sorry, I forgot I'm not supposed to turn everything into
politics.

--
Jonathan Ganz (j gan z @ $ail no w.c=o=m)
http://www.sailnow.com
"If there's no wind, row."

I spit my chewing gum off the flight deck of the USS Harry Truman. It fell a
long ways before it hit the water.
Scout

"Bart Senior" wrote in message
news
It was bound to happen eventually. I've given
people detailed briefings on how to get on and
off the boat, but no one seems to listen much.

Climbing on board ECHO over the stern has
been a bit of a challenge. I have the knack for
it, but others, newbies, have had problems.

It involves grasping the rail in two places, placing a
foot on the sloped transom and bringing the other
leg up. The reverse is similar, only the leg is
stretched from the top flat area of the transom
to the dock.

Yesterday, I had my the first victim. I need to
video tape these things in the future.

A lady friend was trying to get off the boat. Instead
of putting her foot on the portion of the dock closest
to the boat, she angled it out some. I was just about
to say something when she slipped and hung from
the pushpit for a brief moment, and then "PLOP"
into the drink.

I hate to think that, less than a second was the longest
she could hold on in an emergency.

Fortunately the tide, which a rare intervals leaves
debris along the dock, had swept the area clear
and the water was very warm and relatively clean.

I hauled her onto the dock, with my double
wrist grip, and she was somewhat embarassed
but no worse for the wear. I will get many years
of laughs thinking about that one.

I've never fallen in, although I have done my share
of freaky dances climbing into and out of dinghy's
in the past.

Anyone else have any good falling in stories?

what were you aboard when you went over?
sounds like a crazy event
gf.


"Joe" wrote in message
om...
"Bart Senior"

Anyone else have any good falling in stories?


I fell of a 50 ft utility boat once while it was underway, nothing
hurt and the water was warm.

A bad falling over story, before I meet my wife she worked on shrimp
boats.
Two boats were tied together about 100 miles offshore. One of the crew
members fell between the boats and had his leg squished off. USCG flew
him in and he lived...

I got washed over once in the gulf. 11 ft seas. First thing I knew I
was slamming into the strut just in front of a 72" propellor. My life
flashed before my eyes!


Joe

"gonefishiing" wrote in message ...
what were you aboard when you went over?
sounds like a crazy event
gf.


A 220 foot supply vessel the Point Barrow.
Working off Port Mansfield TX. We were backing up to a drilling rig
with side seas. A wave came over deck and took me over the side. It
was in a real cold time of the year. I had on a Navy P coat,T shirt,
flannel **** and foul weather suit and shorts. All the air trapped in
my clothes kept me bouyant.
Luckly the Capt saw me go over and took the engines out of gear. I
clawed myself back to the side and grabbed the deck. My lungs were
full of water so I could not yell. The boat was rocking so much it
would yank me out of the water about 12 ffet then dunk me again. That
went on a few time until the others on deck saw me hanging there. The
pulled me up on deck and we finished tying up to the rig. As soon as I
started walking back to the cabin both the 4" samson braid hausers off
the stern going to the rig broke. On the way back to the dock in the
jetties of Port Mansfield the waves were so bad that we slammed bottom
on a sandbar. When we got back to the dock I quit. Did not go back
offshore in the oilfield until I had my 100 ton ocean operators
ticket. I'd had enough of working on deck.

Joe




"Joe" wrote in message
om...
"Bart Senior"

Anyone else have any good falling in stories?


I fell of a 50 ft utility boat once while it was underway, nothing
hurt and the water was warm.

A bad falling over story, before I meet my wife she worked on shrimp
boats.
Two boats were tied together about 100 miles offshore. One of the crew
members fell between the boats and had his leg squished off. USCG flew
him in and he lived...

I got washed over once in the gulf. 11 ft seas. First thing I knew I
was slamming into the strut just in front of a 72" propellor. My life
flashed before my eyes!


Joe