Thread: March 7th - Making Bail, Equipment Failure and other fish stories
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Default March 7th - Making Bail, Equipment Failure and other fish stories
On Sat, 10 May 2008 09:30:53 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

A friend told me the other day, "the hardest sailing maneuver to learn
is staying tied to the dock. The 2nd hardest is the early 180-degree
turn."

The fliers have a word for it: Get-home-itis. It's a common foolkiller
in that field. The sky is even less forgiving than the sea.

Casady
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