Black Panther 1,581 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Damn I am getting old Link to post Share on other sites
John B 106 Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Fender over the side .. terrible. Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJohnB 323 Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 You beat me so I will have to say the Life lines are not up to scratch. Link to post Share on other sites
John B 106 Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I sailed from Westhaven to about Browns island with a fender over the side a couple of weeks ago. All because it doesn't normally live there ( dinghy was in the water beside the boat for a while). I was mortified. Haven't really recovered from it yet. Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,581 Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 It's called a Westhaven speedo. Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin McCready 83 Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 And no life jacket - which you might want in a small boat at all times, especially if a whale decides to scrape a barnacle off on your keel. Link to post Share on other sites
grantmc 59 Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I thought from your posting BP that you were asking if it the picture was photoshopped (is that a real vowel?). Obviously the photo is a metaphor of today’s world. But the photo is genuine. I’ve uploaded another photo taken a moment earlier. The photos were taken in Redondo Beach, California about 3 February 2015. Here’s the actual story: Don't text and whale watch: Photo captures the moment man misses humpback whale as it surfaces just feet away because he is glued to his cell phone. A photographer out on a whale watch captured the moment a humpback whale surfaced as a man sat on his sailboat oblivious to the sea mammal. The whale was just feet away from the man when the photo was taken in January, but all the man seemed to care about was his phone. The photographer, Eric J. Smith, took five photos and in all of them the man was staring at his phone and never once looked at the humpback 'The small private sailboat had manoeuvred really close to the whales, and this guy on it was literally sitting in that position and never moved,' said photographer Eric Smith.' He could have been texting his mother in the hospital for all I know, but I thought it sucked that he missed such a wonderful moment happening just two feet in front of him.' Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Pope 243 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Re things over the side, I have developped an annoying habit of leaving the anchor just in the water to wash off any mud etc. Go back to the cockpit and carry on motoring, totally forgetting that the anchor still needs too be pulled up, I wont say what the longest time was before I wondered why the handle was still in the anchor winch. Duh! Advancing age is my excuse! And I thought all those folk waving at me were just being friendly!! Link to post Share on other sites
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