XdOu™
Cult Of Personality
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we have a winner!
Pictures of Cold Places
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we have a winner!
piccicatopolka
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thør
Karhu-er
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Indeed, bitch went down on the first date and swallowed a lot of seamen.
trysail
Catch Me Who Can
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Ohh, fuck. Didja ever see video of those fuckin' lunatics in the Whitbread/Volvo Ocean Race down in the southern ocean (the Roaring Forties and below) doing 20 knots flying spinnakers and dodging bergy bits?
Genuine insanity.
love it
thør
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When you're planning on a long downwind sleighride, after the chute is hoisted, you send a man aloft and shackle the head to the mast and relieve the stress on the halyard. That way, no halyard wear and tear and potential surprise breakage. Gotta be prepared to take that damn shackle off if the weather looks like it will turn.
JohnnySavage
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I thought you'd post a picture of your heart.
thør
Karhu-er
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It could have been me. Guy with a beard? Driving a 60 series? 2x4 canoe rack?
trysail
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I've harbored suspicions about you. This confirms them.
You and I will not be sailing together in the Roaring Forties.
warrior queen
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Coming back from Africa in 1986, we hit a mother of a storm and got blown down to 57South in the Indian Ocean.
Wildest fucking weather ever!
The roller-reefing failed on the mainsail, and the yacht literally lay flat on the water. Dad went out and touched the point of the knife to it, and it EXPLODED into ribbons.
We shipped about 8tons of water and had stress fractures in 1/4 inch steel deckplate
Four days we had no choice but to run before the weather, and even with two drogues and bare poles, we were doing 6 knots!
trysail
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Coming back from Africa in 1986, we hit a mother of a storm and got blown down to 57South in the Indian Ocean.
Wildest fucking weather ever!
The roller-reefing failed on the mainsail, and the yacht literally lay flat on the water. Dad went out and touched the point of the knife to it, and it EXPLODED into ribbons.
We shipped about 8tons of water and had stress fractures in 1/4 inch steel deckplate
Four days we had no choice but to run before the weather, and even with two drogues and bare poles, we were doing 6 knots!
Yikes. I'm not a fan of roller reefing for mains'ls. To my way of thinking, it's an accident waiting to happen.
There is an old and simple rule which I follow religiously:
Gentlemen don't sail to windward.
It is my avowed intention to get through life without ever having ANY sea stories.
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thør
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Some friends rented a Santa Cruz 70 and sailed her to Hawaii from CA like that.
thør
Karhu-er
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Would have all been the same guy.
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