"Samuel Murphy" wrote in message
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They get all excited, too, if you steer right towards the yacht club dock
with the spinnaker haulin ass..

I was on a 40'er that did that once. Skipper wanted to show off and
the wind was exactly right
to shoot up the channel about 10 feet from the dock into the mooring
area. Fun, kinda stupid
but what's a 40' racing dinghy for if not to goof around on....
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We did that on a 28' viking a few years ago. We were finishing a race and
as we quickly approached the dock flying the spinnaker, discovered that I
had wrapped the sheet around the winch once to many times.
No way could we loosen it quickly to spill the air so the helmsman whipped
out a Spyderco knife and made short work of the line.
I learned my lesson that day.