Rigging accident

Rigging accident

Post by JiMME » Sat, 24 Aug 1996 04:00:00


Another great reason to be rid of all tie-on booms:

When pulling my tie on down today (leverage), i managed to get the middle finger of my
right hand pinched between the boom nose and the mast.
The force of the *** rush to the tip of my finger popped the top 4000 layers of skin
off the tip of my finger, leaving me without a lot of my valuable ***!
It is a bad enough cut that I really should get stitches, but i've decided to simply take
the day off sailing, and wrap myself in tape!
Cool, huh?
--
        ___ ___                                               _      _
       :   |___>  ... goin' where da wind bloze ... happiness(_\    /_)
       |   |---./--\/--\/--,/--\/--\/--\/----\.-----.   is a  \_\  /_/    - - /:
   /--;|   |   :           :           ;   o  |  .'__: hand-   \_\/_/   -  - / |
   |   |   |   |   |   ;   |   |   ;   |  /---'  |     held    / _/ ) -  - -/  |
   |   v   |   |   -   |   :   |   |   :  \___.  |    sail... | /(./ ) -   /___|
   \_______-___|___|   |__.|___|   |___;\.____/__;            \   '_/  -  -\___|

                   `---'       `---'                           |   |

 
 
 

Rigging accident

Post by Brian P. Wal » Sun, 25 Aug 1996 04:00:00

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>Another great reason to be rid of all tie-on booms:

My friends who sail boats (you know, those big things with fixed
masts?) say you haven't worked on a boat until you've bled on it.

 
 
 

Rigging accident

Post by Wouter Dobbelaer » Tue, 27 Aug 1996 04:00:00

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>        :   |___>  ... goin' where da wind bloze ... happiness(_\    /_)
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>                    `---'       `---'                           |   |

James,

Maybe you should change your signature to

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        :   |___>  ... goin' where da wind bloze ... happiness(_\    _
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    |   v   |   |   =AD   |   :   |   |   :  \___.  |    sail... | /(./ ) - =
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    \_______=AD___|___|   |__.|___|   |___;\.____/__;            \   '_/  - =
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____|__,
                    `---'       `---'                           |   |

Have fun ;-)

Wouter