Close call
 

Just stepped out onto the swim platform in the dark and damn near went in
the drink.
About a quarter-inch of frost and ice. *That* would have woke me up in a
hurry.

Eisboch

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Tom Francis wrote in
:

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.

Eventually, he returned, drink in hand in DIFFERENT CLOTHES. I asked him
what happened and he told us he was taking a leak off the dock, slipped
on a line and fell in. Unable to pull himself out of the drink, drunk as
he was, he decided to swim around to one of the other neighbor's swim
platform on his Grand Banks 42 trawler, hauled himself out and went to
his boat. Soaked, of course, he changed clothes, filled his glass and
returned to the party as if nothing had happened.

Noone thought much of it, drunk as we all were, but the next morning we
got talking about it and he could have drown, in his condition. That
wouldn't have been good.....

My captain has a full wood shop in his basement and loves to play with
all the power toys. So, the next time I went to the boat a couple weeks
later, there mounted on the main dock, is this custom made dock boarding
ladder, teak of course, with the custom made stainless plaque that said,
"Lloyd's Ladder"....so he could more easily retrieve himself, next time,
without disturbing the party....(c;

If you could only have that kind of neighborhood at home, life would be
just grand....

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"Larry" wrote in message
...
Tom Francis wrote in
:

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

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Gotta tell ya Larry, you are a true Sailor of the Naval persuasion! Whatever
we do can only be enhanced with booze and bimbos!
MMC
"Larry" wrote in message
...
Tom Francis wrote in
:

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.

Eventually, he returned, drink in hand in DIFFERENT CLOTHES. I asked him
what happened and he told us he was taking a leak off the dock, slipped
on a line and fell in. Unable to pull himself out of the drink, drunk as
he was, he decided to swim around to one of the other neighbor's swim
platform on his Grand Banks 42 trawler, hauled himself out and went to
his boat. Soaked, of course, he changed clothes, filled his glass and
returned to the party as if nothing had happened.

Noone thought much of it, drunk as we all were, but the next morning we
got talking about it and he could have drown, in his condition. That
wouldn't have been good.....

My captain has a full wood shop in his basement and loves to play with
all the power toys. So, the next time I went to the boat a couple weeks
later, there mounted on the main dock, is this custom made dock boarding
ladder, teak of course, with the custom made stainless plaque that said,
"Lloyd's Ladder"....so he could more easily retrieve himself, next time,
without disturbing the party....(c;

If you could only have that kind of neighborhood at home, life would be
just grand....

Close call
 

Eisboch wrote:
Just stepped out onto the swim platform in the dark and damn near went in
the drink.
About a quarter-inch of frost and ice. *That* would have woke me up in a
hurry.

Eisboch



Ice??? I had my Sandpiper 565 sailboat out yesterday afternoon for a
great sail. Lots of wind and sun, although I have to admit it did get
cool as the sun lowered in the sky. Almost time to put the shorts &
short sleeved shirts away. Because my sailboat sits a bit high on it's
trailer I had to wade into the salt water to about groin height to help
line it up. It wasn't bad.

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On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:39:51 GMT, "MMC" wrote:

Gotta tell ya Larry, you are a true Sailor of the Naval persuasion! Whatever
we do can only be enhanced with booze and bimbos!

And a good story to go along...

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"Eisboch" wrote in
:

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".



And they say the best memories are of our youth.....

Here, we got that nonsense of going back to the blender covered. This
puppy gets 3500 mpg (margaritas per gallon):
http://www.totallygross.com/
Only trouble is anytime someone lights off a 2-stroke weedeater or
chainsaw, the whole clan shows up with their glasses frothing at the
mouth...(c;

Funny....every time I show up with the TailGator, I never need to buy
booze...(c;

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"MMC" wrote in
:

Gotta tell ya Larry, you are a true Sailor of the Naval persuasion!
Whatever we do can only be enhanced with booze and bimbos!
MMC


Hey! Going to the docks ISN'T about sanding, painting and polishing!

--
There's amazing intelligence in the Universe.
You can tell because none of them ever called Earth.

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Tom Francis wrote in
:

On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 14:40:26 GMT, Don White
wrote:

Ice??? I had my Sandpiper 565 sailboat out yesterday afternoon for a
great sail. Lots of wind and sun,

Shut up... :)


We're still having to BUY ice on the docks in Charleston....(c;

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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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Just stepped out onto the swim platform in the dark and damn near went in
the drink.
About a quarter-inch of frost and ice. *That* would have woke me up in a
hurry.

Eisboch


Natalie Wood fell off her boat in the middle of the night and drowned.
Warm water or cold water..........it is a dangerous thing when happening in
the middle of the night when no one is around.

I took a spill off our dock this summer. It is the second time in my
boating life that I fell in off the dock. DOH! Interestingly enough,
despite her neurological/muscle disorder in her legs my wife has never
fallen off the boat or the dock.