"jeff" wrote in message
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Roger Long wrote:
Just think how much pleasanter it would have been doing that in Maine.

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Roger Long

Florida is "lost halyard" territory. The state pastime in Maine is diving
for lobsta pots wrapped on propellers.



The SF bay is kiteboarding snag on the masthead capital, which I almost
experienced last year.

There we were.... sailing on a starboard reach and here come the
kiteboarders. We're leeward, sailing in 20+ kts of the SF city front (just
past Crissy Field), but drove off even deeper to try and avoid their path.
One is heading right for us, all of us waving our arms, which he sees but is
basically out of control. I figure I'm not too concerned about the masthead
(other than the damage), but what if the foooker lands on the boat? What if
he lands on one of the people on the boat? All this is racing through my
mind with no time to do anything or get people below. He'll hit the
masthead, wrap the kite lines, and do the yo-yo as he spirals into the
deck... 200 lbs of flying butthead, plus the board of course. Here he
comes... whoosh... just misses the masthead by about two feet. I think he
looked even more frightened than we did. When he landed, he did a big splat
on the water, but we were long gone.

Then there's my removal mast on my Windrider adventure... but that's an old
story....

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com