"JG" wrote
Check it out..

http://www.sfsurvey.com/photos/sailH...ges/image1.htm


That was ugly. I wonder if the mast came off because of the rollover, or
if it hit the bottom. WTF was the guy doing sailing there?


Vito wrote:
Just goes to show the evils of sailing a boat instead of working on it!
That boat already needed work, including new bottom paint. There was no
reason to take her out. The wages of sin .....


The wages of stupidity, more like.

And the boat may not have needed bottom work. A lot of boats that get
prepped for racing have very patchy looking bottoms from being sanded
fair... the anti-foul is this slick short-term stuff that's clear.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Yeah it's not to bright to surf next to a rockey shore. Im sure his
mast was tore off due to a shallow hard bottom.

Yachtsea with dice on the side was fitting, he rolled the dice on that
one an has a major bad day. He was lucky not to have pitch poled.

If your going to surf you better have a boat that can plane with a
fast to rise bow, or you better have a full heavy keel.

Joe

You'd be wrong. It's plenty deep. It was the breaking waves.

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"Joe" wrote in message
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Yeah it's not to bright to surf next to a rockey shore. Im sure his
mast was tore off due to a shallow hard bottom.

Yachtsea with dice on the side was fitting, he rolled the dice on that
one an has a major bad day. He was lucky not to have pitch poled.

If your going to surf you better have a boat that can plane with a
fast to rise bow, or you better have a full heavy keel.

Joe

Where exactly is it?

Id like to look at a chart, Seems after it rolled it was right up on
the rocks. You saying the bottom is more a canyon than a hill?

Joe

You'd be wrong. It was the waves.

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"Joe" wrote in message
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Yeah it's not to bright to surf next to a rockey shore. Im sure his
mast was tore off due to a shallow hard bottom.

Yachtsea with dice on the side was fitting, he rolled the dice on that
one an has a major bad day. He was lucky not to have pitch poled.

If your going to surf you better have a boat that can plane with a
fast to rise bow, or you better have a full heavy keel.

Joe

He didn't hit bottom. It's 20+ feet there. It was the roll.

Turns out someone I know knows this guy, and I'm trying to find out.
Obviously, he made had a big lapse in judgement. I just can't imagine why.
It's pretty obvious when there are breaking waves.

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"DSK" wrote in message
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"JG" wrote
Check it out..

http://www.sfsurvey.com/photos/sailH...ges/image1.htm


That was ugly. I wonder if the mast came off because of the rollover, or
if it hit the bottom. WTF was the guy doing sailing there?


Vito wrote:
Just goes to show the evils of sailing a boat instead of working on it!
That boat already needed work, including new bottom paint. There was no
reason to take her out. The wages of sin .....


The wages of stupidity, more like.

And the boat may not have needed bottom work. A lot of boats that get
prepped for racing have very patchy looking bottoms from being sanded
fair... the anti-foul is this slick short-term stuff that's clear.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

JG wrote:
He didn't hit bottom. It's 20+ feet there. It was the roll.


Not surprising, it looked like the boat got really hammered.


Turns out someone I know knows this guy, and I'm trying to find out.
Obviously, he made had a big lapse in judgement. I just can't imagine why.
It's pretty obvious when there are breaking waves.


Maybe he was in close, trying to avoid an unfavorable current. Maybe he
thought he could get a boost by surfing those waves. Maybe there was a
really beautiful woman on shore he wanted to get a closer look at.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

DSK wrote: Maybe there was a
really beautiful woman on shore he wanted to get a closer look at.


It happened in San Francisco. He was not interested in any woman.

Lonny B
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"Rock stars! Is there anything they don't know?" Homer Simpson


"DSK" wrote in message
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JG wrote:
He didn't hit bottom. It's 20+ feet there. It was the roll.


Not surprising, it looked like the boat got really hammered.


Turns out someone I know knows this guy, and I'm trying to find out.
Obviously, he made had a big lapse in judgement. I just can't imagine
why. It's pretty obvious when there are breaking waves.


Maybe he was in close, trying to avoid an unfavorable current. Maybe he
thought he could get a boost by surfing those waves. Maybe there was a
really beautiful woman on shore he wanted to get a closer look at.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

I think it might have been an attempt to surf, which is fine, except that
you don't do that if the waves are breaking. Usually, if you see surfers
there, it's not the right time.

I'm trying to get more info.

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"DSK" wrote in message
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JG wrote:
He didn't hit bottom. It's 20+ feet there. It was the roll.


Not surprising, it looked like the boat got really hammered.


Turns out someone I know knows this guy, and I'm trying to find out.
Obviously, he made had a big lapse in judgement. I just can't imagine
why. It's pretty obvious when there are breaking waves.


Maybe he was in close, trying to avoid an unfavorable current. Maybe he
thought he could get a boost by surfing those waves. Maybe there was a
really beautiful woman on shore he wanted to get a closer look at.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

If it's only 20+ feet then the mast struck bottom. Duh if you said it
was 30+ feet then maybe the mast did not strike bottom.

Anyone that surfs a sailboat knows to hand hold the main sheet so you
can let go if you roll, reducing the load on the mast. amatures!

Joe