Bart Senior wrote:
Time for some fun. Who has some good
"falling in" stories. "Falling in" the water, "falling
in" the dink, "falling down" the companionway, etc.


I did a swan dive off our O'Day 22 and broke a bunch of ribs,
blacked an eye, and put major bruises and contusions on other parts
of my body. It was up in Harbor Springs and our outboard was giving
us problems so we had to sail in...the dockmaster of Irish boatyards
said to not sail in but to sail up to the floating dock they used as
a wave attenuator and he would have someone out there to toss a line
to...well, no one showed up and there were no cleats...I went to
jump onto the dock with the line in my hand just as a big gust took
the boat away as Mr Sails was trying to lower the sail...I went full
flat out on that dock. Everything went dark and muzzy and I came to
hearing Mr Sails say to the dock kid, "She'll be fine...she bounces
back quickly"