tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273883632460433399.post3434822202798939831..comments2024-03-28T02:33:20.668-07:00Comments on Earwigoagin: Oh Noooo! Not a Foot Plant on the Mainsail! $$$Tweezermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06559514473959503645noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273883632460433399.post-49521287189215293722020-11-09T04:43:58.802-08:002020-11-09T04:43:58.802-08:00My wife is not a sailor but, before marriage, and,...My wife is not a sailor but, before marriage, and, following the norms of dating, where you must show interest in the other partners hobbies, she agreed to go on a "relaxing" daysail. I took her out on a Tasar. We beach launched and the kick up rudder jammed in the up position and she immediately saw a different side to me. I was forced to dismount in knee deep water and cussed up a blue streak as I struggled to get the rudder down, while holding the Tasar head to wind, and not capsizine. Once out on the water she complained that I wanted to race any sailboat I got near. I was commanding her to hike harder. She was right. So much for the relaxing part. She still married me.Tweezermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559514473959503645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273883632460433399.post-38592554588152045882020-11-08T00:36:08.545-08:002020-11-08T00:36:08.545-08:00The first time I sailed with my wife - then my ver...The first time I sailed with my wife - then my very new current squeeze - I was driving when I capsized her F16 type catamaran. I can still recall the appalling sensation of landing from trap onto her main, trying to bend, and instead feeling her main split under my feet. I can also still recall the relief of seeing, under two feet of water, her feet doing exactly the same thing to her sail. If she'd managed to avoid falling into the main, I suspect that the budding relationship may have ended there. :-)Chris Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16997362573458872831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273883632460433399.post-54073620791077438152020-10-21T11:57:02.588-07:002020-10-21T11:57:02.588-07:00Is that "POTUS" executing an emergency l...Is that "POTUS" executing an emergency landing? An overlong red tie and a blond quiff have a vague likeness!!Michael Brigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10512956544639512910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273883632460433399.post-25403690890504586922020-10-21T11:56:15.823-07:002020-10-21T11:56:15.823-07:00Is that "POTUS" executing an emergency l...Is that "POTUS" executing an emergency landing? An overlong red tie and a blond quiff have a vague likeness!!Michael Brigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10512956544639512910noreply@blogger.com