Or, me removing the mast from my Windrider tri's mast step, and it's a bit
ackward, so I step back to steady myself and it's still swaying, so I step
back again, but that's not enough, so I step back some more... right off the
dock with the mast in hand. :-)

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"DSK" wrote in message
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Capt. JG wrote:
Yeah, I was struggling to remember a "worst" sailing experience...
capsizing a catamaran in the surf, stuff like that, but couldn't really
think of one until I saw this. Then, I remembered the mosquito attack in
Baja (a place I don't normally associate with bad mosquitos). Finally
went ashore, rented a room, and turned the fan on high to keep them away.
Nothing else worked.


Probably my worst sailing adventure ever was breaking a Lightning mast
about 40 seconds before the start of a race. It was just plain stupidity
on my part, and good luck that nobody got hurt.

All my sailing experiences have been great. The ones that might seem
not-so-great are really great learning opportunites, like the time I had
to paddle a 21' auxiliary racer/cruiser about 7 miles (absolutely no
breath of wind) because I couldn't start the engine... which didn't have
the fuel hose properly attached. Or the time my wife & I capsized the
Johnson 18 (for real, not a drill) in March while trying to luff the
spinnaker around a reaching mark that was just a little too high. Learning
experience! If you survive enough of them, you get to be a pretty good
sailor.

DSK