Donal,

How many times do you go the the hood of a car in motion? How many times
does a car heel at a thirty degree angle with you standing on the roof?
You do know you can slow a car down without reefing.

ole Thom

Donal,

And what would it prove? We know he lies. The "Schackles on the cleats"
proved him a liar by his own pictures. There was no change in him. It
sure as hell isn't doing anything to improve BB or Mooron's stature.

If you enjoy it, have at it, but if you say something stupid rebuttle
your lowering yourself to his level.

No skin off my ass. Play your game but please use your good judgement
and know when you've over cooked a subject and it just becomes
BORRRIINNGGG

Ole Thom!

(Thom Stewart) wrote in news:29037-3F501D81-
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Donal,

How many times do you go the the hood of a car in motion? How many times
does a car heel at a thirty degree angle with you standing on the roof?
You do know you can slow a car down without reefing.


Depends, you've obviously never driven a British car.

Bertie

I did that once, when I was 16.(it was a van roof)

Scotty

"Thom Stewart" wrote
How many times
does a car heel at a thirty degree angle with you standing on the roof?

"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
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Donal,

How many times do you go the the hood of a car in motion? How many times
does a car heel at a thirty degree angle with you standing on the roof?
You do know you can slow a car down without reefing.

I've mentioned many times that I run a "dry ship". I never drink while I
am sailing. However, the main reason is that I want to avoid the temptation
to have a "second".

That does NOT mean that I want to see any laws on the subject. I'm also
quite happy to assume that the "other guy" is drunk in any passing
situation. I would prefer to see our sport remain free from regulation than
to subject myself to the possibility that the police can stop me at their
whim. Sailing *is* freedom. Let's keep it that way!

The British government recently tried to bring in "drink sailing" laws. In
the government white paper they admitted that not a *SINGLE* life would have
been saved over the last ten years, if drunken sailing had been illegal!!

Our liberty should only be restricted when there is an overwhelming benefit
to the common good.

Regards


Donal
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Donal wrote:
The British government recently tried to bring in "drink sailing"
laws. In the government white paper they admitted that not a
*SINGLE* life would have been saved over the last ten years, if
drunken sailing had been illegal!!

In the USCG Annual Boating Statistics for 2001 there are 681 fatalities listed. In 232
cases alcohol was listed as "the investigating official has determined that the operator
was impaired or affected while operating the boat." In 91 fatalities alcohol consumptions
was listed as the primary cause.

Of course, for sailing the numbers are a much lower - 12 fatalities for aux sailboats, 18
for sail only, and most of these were downings - so one might conclude that alcohol was
actually a very minor factor in "sailing safety" as opposed to "boating safety."

http://www.uscgboating.org/statistic...stics_2001.pdf