In article ,
Simon Brooke wrote:

You really must watch "The Perfect Storm", the movie. It is a true
story and the swell reality shown pitchpoling the fishing vessel isn't
just a writer's fantasy. I could happen to YOU.

Of course, the yacht shown in that movie *didn't* sink, and was
recovered intact on the coast of, I believe the Carolinas, after the
crew was taken off.

KeS

"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
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"Dan" wrote in
ups.com:

How? You've just said we're 60 hours away from the nearest thing to
hit! Are you saying the sea state will make the boat fall apart? Are
you saying the masts gonna fall down and break a hole in the hull? How
often have either of these things happened to UKRSers?

You really must watch "The Perfect Storm", the movie. It is a true story
and the swell reality shown pitchpoling the fishing vessel isn't just a
writer's fantasy. I could happen to YOU.

It's a special effect, not actual film.

If the film is truly true, how can we know exactly what happened? There were
no survivors and no surviving record. It is surmise. Believe this and you'll
start believing that Arnie has in fact been sent back in time from the
future to save California from......oh forget it!


Live in the real world, not Hollywood.
(Cross posting takes us in to a wished-for world of American fantasists).
P.S. I know Arnie is actually a robot, but he won't save California with his
current budgetary policies (or lack of them).

"Kevin Stevens" wrote in message
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In article ,
Simon Brooke wrote:

You really must watch "The Perfect Storm", the movie. It is a true
story and the swell reality shown pitchpoling the fishing vessel isn't
just a writer's fantasy. I could happen to YOU.

Of course, the yacht shown in that movie *didn't* sink, and was
recovered intact on the coast of, I believe the Carolinas, after the
crew was taken off.

KeS

It was not a yacht, it was a commercial fishing craft out of New England.
Have you got the right film?

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 07:37:27 -0000, Duncan Heenan
wrote:


You really must watch "The Perfect Storm", the movie. It is a true
story


The film is crap - the "demands" of the hollywood lowest dumb denominator
factor meant that everything was hung round some big waves and a bit of "
will she get her tits out"

The book on the other hand is well worth reading. The tension is all set
with the meteorologists and the development of the storm - recommended.

Ian

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Larry W4CSC wrote:
"Dan" wrote in
ups.com:

How? You've just said we're 60 hours away from the nearest thing to
hit! Are you saying the sea state will make the boat fall apart?
Are
you saying the masts gonna fall down and break a hole in the hull?
How
often have either of these things happened to UKRSers?

You really must watch "The Perfect Storm", the movie. It is a true
story
and the swell reality shown pitchpoling the fishing vessel isn't just
a
writer's fantasy. I could happen to YOU.

LOL!

The sea can take whatever
you buy and just turn it into rubble in a matter of minutes if it
feels
like it.

A sealed plastic 2ltr coke bottle?

There's plenty to run into in the open ocean....besides those 50'
waves
wiping the deck clean of sailing gear....

Remind me. How often in the last five seasons has your deck been wiped
clear of sailing gear?

In article ,
"Duncan Heenan" wrote:

"Kevin Stevens" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Simon Brooke wrote:

You really must watch "The Perfect Storm", the movie. It is a true
story and the swell reality shown pitchpoling the fishing vessel isn't
just a writer's fantasy. I could happen to YOU.

Of course, the yacht shown in that movie *didn't* sink, and was
recovered intact on the coast of, I believe the Carolinas, after the
crew was taken off.

KeS

It was not a yacht, it was a commercial fishing craft out of New England.
Have you got the right film?

Yes.

KeS

While choking on an orange the asphixiatingly tight latex collar began to
take effect as *Dan* gapsed to *uk.rec.sailing* with a dying breath:

Larry W4CSC wrote:
"Dan" wrote in
ups.com:

How? You've just said we're 60 hours away from the nearest thing to
hit! Are you saying the sea state will make the boat fall apart?
Are
you saying the masts gonna fall down and break a hole in the hull?
How
often have either of these things happened to UKRSers?

You really must watch "The Perfect Storm", the movie. It is a true
story
and the swell reality shown pitchpoling the fishing vessel isn't just
a
writer's fantasy. I could happen to YOU.

LOL!

The sea can take whatever
you buy and just turn it into rubble in a matter of minutes if it
feels
like it.

A sealed plastic 2ltr coke bottle?

There's plenty to run into in the open ocean....besides those 50'
waves
wiping the deck clean of sailing gear....

Remind me. How often in the last five seasons has your deck been wiped
clear of sailing gear?

Our's had to be wiped clear of chunder a couple of times during the last
Marauders outing... Luckily, I was in a position to delegate!

PG
--
Keelworm:
*www.love2sail.co.uk - UK Sailing Forums*

in message , Duncan Heenan
') wrote:

"Kevin Stevens" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Simon Brooke wrote:

You really must watch "The Perfect Storm", the movie. It is a
true story and the swell reality shown pitchpoling the fishing
vessel isn't
just a writer's fantasy. I could happen to YOU.

Of course, the yacht shown in that movie *didn't* sink, and was
recovered intact on the coast of, I believe the Carolinas, after the
crew was taken off.

It was not a yacht, it was a commercial fishing craft out of New
England. Have you got the right film?

It was in the film, yes. The (true) story the film was based on was
about a yacht. The yacht, as described, was recovered later
substantially undamaged, and as I recall it was sailed into port under
her own sails.

But hey, let's not spoil the drama with a bit of truth. In truth, if her
crew had stayed where they were, they'd have saved the rescue services
a lot of money, but they'd have missed the thrill of being winched off
by the helicopter. Otherwise they'd have been no worse off.

--
(Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; all in all you're just another click in the call
;; -- Minke Bouyed

in message .com, Dan
') wrote:

Larry W4CSC wrote:
There's plenty to run into in the open ocean....besides those 50'
waves wiping the deck clean of sailing gear....

Remind me. How often in the last five seasons has your deck been wiped
clear of sailing gear?

More to the point, when was the last time there was any report from
anywhere in the world of a yacht having its deck 'wiped clean of
sailing gear' by wave action? Never has happened, and I suspect never
will happen. Dismasted, yes, that happens, particularly in roll-overs.
Wiped clean? Never.

--
(Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

The trouble with Simon is that he only opens his mouth to change feet.
;; of me, by a 'friend'

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"Kevin Stevens" wrote in message
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In article ,
Simon Brooke wrote:

You really must watch "The Perfect Storm", the movie. It is a true
story and the swell reality shown pitchpoling the fishing vessel isn't
just a writer's fantasy. I could happen to YOU.

Of course, the yacht shown in that movie *didn't* sink, and was
recovered intact on the coast of, I believe the Carolinas, after the
crew was taken off.

KeS

It was not a yacht, it was a commercial fishing craft out of New England.
Have you got the right film?

The one that didn't sink was a yacht. The Coast Guard forcibly removed the
crew over the skipper's objections and at the behest of hysterical females
who sent an unauthorized Mayday.