We all know that we "can't always take without giving something back", so here's my story: Years ago when we first bought our MacGregor 26D we launched it from Ventura Harbor (CA). With the family aboard with started to motor out away from the marina checking to ensure that things were put away. Lines -check, cushions -check, H20 ballest -check, clutter -check, kids -check, etc... As we were exiting the breakwater we raised the main sail and then the jib then shutdown the motor. Things were going great, we were on our way to the islands Yeah.... As we were about a 1/2 mile out we started to pick up some wind and like sailboats do, Sloopy started to list and we watched as our hatch (that we sitting ontop of the pop-top) slid off in to the sea.... We watched it in slow motion as it slithered down deeper and deeper into the abyss. Fortunitly, we were able to replace it, but mad still the same. Many years later, now in a larger boat we find ourselves still taking from the sea, we take pictures of our travels and many family memories. Yes, these have cost us plenty. I can't tell you how many hats, sunglasses, tools and even my wedding band have gone over the side. Wonder what we'll give back next? Your turn, I bet some of you have given back bigger things? Regards, R Davis 33.5 Hunter
Can't always Take Without Giving Something Back!
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cell phone
Hello, Last year I had my cell phone in my shirt pocket. I was standing on the cabin top putting the sail cover on. I bent over to pick something up and watched as my phone fell out, bounced once on the cabin, once on the deck, then splashed into the water. Then I had a funny conversation with my cell phone service provider. I told the rep I lost my phone and needed to replace it. The rep said she would cancel the service immediately. I told her not to. She was worried that someone would find my phone and make lots of calls on it. I told her that would not be happening and why. We both got a chuckle out of that. Barry
Hello, Last year I had my cell phone in my shirt pocket. I was standing on the cabin top putting the sail cover on. I bent over to pick something up and watched as my phone fell out, bounced once on the cabin, once on the deck, then splashed into the water. Then I had a funny conversation with my cell phone service provider. I told the rep I lost my phone and needed to replace it. The rep said she would cancel the service immediately. I told her not to. She was worried that someone would find my phone and make lots of calls on it. I told her that would not be happening and why. We both got a chuckle out of that. Barry
offerings to Neptune
two-way radio, winch handle, silverware, tools, hats, towels, sunglasses, rigging pins.
two-way radio, winch handle, silverware, tools, hats, towels, sunglasses, rigging pins.
Many donations to Neptune!!
One cell phone, tools of assorted kinds, hats, a battery, fishing equipment, maps/charts, keys ( that was and interesting one ), a wallet, just to mention a few. The keys were the the worst. I was several hours from home and only had one set to the car with me on a Sunday, back before the dealerships could match a serial number to a key. Caught a ride home then came back with the spare set. Finally got to bed about four in the morning. Each one of the donations has been a learing experience and I have come up with some neat ways to aviod donating that item again.
One cell phone, tools of assorted kinds, hats, a battery, fishing equipment, maps/charts, keys ( that was and interesting one ), a wallet, just to mention a few. The keys were the the worst. I was several hours from home and only had one set to the car with me on a Sunday, back before the dealerships could match a serial number to a key. Caught a ride home then came back with the spare set. Finally got to bed about four in the morning. Each one of the donations has been a learing experience and I have come up with some neat ways to aviod donating that item again.
The two that come to mind first . . .
I'm sure I've lost a few other things, but the two that came to mind first are a kite and a boombox. The kite, we were out in fairly light winds and I somehow got the hare brained idea to fly my 2-line stunt kite off the back of the boat while we were slowly moving along. I kept it on board for trips to the beach, but this seemed like an opportune moment. Well, things were working out quite well, loops, rolls, and then one dive too many. The kite hit the water, and it's amazing the increase in resistance between air and water. Before I had a chance to do anything, POP POP go the control lines and I'm left holding the handles as the kite is lost from view. My wife just shook her head, gave me THAT look, and asked "How much was that kite?" The boombox, my good friend and I were out for our "Guys Weekend" on the boat, with a nice 10-15 knot breeze and 1', occasional 2', waves. The boat didn't have a built in radio, so the CD player usually sat nicely up on the sliding hatch of our H26. Slightly recessed, rubber feet on the radio, it seemed like the perfect spot for it, even heeled over 10-15 degrees. That is until we hit one of those occasional 2 footers. Was just enough to get the rubber feet up off the hatch, no more friction and there goes the radio sliding towards the lee rail. We both tried to catch it to no avail, and my buddy starts kicking off his shoes and pulling off his sweatshirt, (it was MY radio, but HIS CD), in an attempt to go after it. As I round up, I tell him to forget it. But then I notice the radio is still playing, hanging on to life, not wanting to sink. "Go get it!" I tell my friend, but before he can get his sweatshirt off, Posiedon is listen to our tunes. So, back to the marina, a quick trip to Wal-Mart for a new radio (and I had to replace his CD), and then we're back out sailing . . . with the radio tied down this time!. T J
I'm sure I've lost a few other things, but the two that came to mind first are a kite and a boombox. The kite, we were out in fairly light winds and I somehow got the hare brained idea to fly my 2-line stunt kite off the back of the boat while we were slowly moving along. I kept it on board for trips to the beach, but this seemed like an opportune moment. Well, things were working out quite well, loops, rolls, and then one dive too many. The kite hit the water, and it's amazing the increase in resistance between air and water. Before I had a chance to do anything, POP POP go the control lines and I'm left holding the handles as the kite is lost from view. My wife just shook her head, gave me THAT look, and asked "How much was that kite?" The boombox, my good friend and I were out for our "Guys Weekend" on the boat, with a nice 10-15 knot breeze and 1', occasional 2', waves. The boat didn't have a built in radio, so the CD player usually sat nicely up on the sliding hatch of our H26. Slightly recessed, rubber feet on the radio, it seemed like the perfect spot for it, even heeled over 10-15 degrees. That is until we hit one of those occasional 2 footers. Was just enough to get the rubber feet up off the hatch, no more friction and there goes the radio sliding towards the lee rail. We both tried to catch it to no avail, and my buddy starts kicking off his shoes and pulling off his sweatshirt, (it was MY radio, but HIS CD), in an attempt to go after it. As I round up, I tell him to forget it. But then I notice the radio is still playing, hanging on to life, not wanting to sink. "Go get it!" I tell my friend, but before he can get his sweatshirt off, Posiedon is listen to our tunes. So, back to the marina, a quick trip to Wal-Mart for a new radio (and I had to replace his CD), and then we're back out sailing . . . with the radio tied down this time!. T J
Another key and kite.
I dropped a set of keys at the dock into 40 feet of water. It turned out that I lost more than the keys. I had borrowed my wife's car and so was using her keys that day. She wasn't too happy when I told her. That night she informed me our marriage was over, and she was leaving. Good news is that I kept the boat. Good deal I think. The kite was something else. We were sailing around one afternoon on Lake Union, which has a park with a large hill at the North end. Very popular location for kite fliers. I was out in the middle of the lake and happened to look up at the top of my mast, and noticed a string trailing off the wind indicator. My eyes followed the string to a kite that must have been well over a hundred yards up. At some point we had sailed close by the park and snagged the low drooping kite string. I don't know how long we had been sailing around with this kite flying from the masthead, and I can only imagine the poor guy at the park as we sailed off with his kite. We continued sailing until we returned to the dock, and sent my nephew up the mast to retrieve it. It didn't make up for all the things I've lost though.
I dropped a set of keys at the dock into 40 feet of water. It turned out that I lost more than the keys. I had borrowed my wife's car and so was using her keys that day. She wasn't too happy when I told her. That night she informed me our marriage was over, and she was leaving. Good news is that I kept the boat. Good deal I think. The kite was something else. We were sailing around one afternoon on Lake Union, which has a park with a large hill at the North end. Very popular location for kite fliers. I was out in the middle of the lake and happened to look up at the top of my mast, and noticed a string trailing off the wind indicator. My eyes followed the string to a kite that must have been well over a hundred yards up. At some point we had sailed close by the park and snagged the low drooping kite string. I don't know how long we had been sailing around with this kite flying from the masthead, and I can only imagine the poor guy at the park as we sailed off with his kite. We continued sailing until we returned to the dock, and sent my nephew up the mast to retrieve it. It didn't make up for all the things I've lost though.
a few things...one "intentional"
sunglasses, steel pan, danforth anchor (anchoring by myself...learning curve...always tie rope end to cleat as first step!), and, but not least, my girlfriends underwear! She was hanging off the swim ladder when the wind picked up. She yelled a bit about her underwear sliding off and I couldn't resist, I adjusted the sails a bit and literally sailed her pants off! I caught a little hell, though not much as she's a good sport. And now I have a new notch to my "sailing prowness!
sunglasses, steel pan, danforth anchor (anchoring by myself...learning curve...always tie rope end to cleat as first step!), and, but not least, my girlfriends underwear! She was hanging off the swim ladder when the wind picked up. She yelled a bit about her underwear sliding off and I couldn't resist, I adjusted the sails a bit and literally sailed her pants off! I caught a little hell, though not much as she's a good sport. And now I have a new notch to my "sailing prowness!
how about the truck
i have always thought trailerable sail boats in the larger range seemed to be quite a hastle, i was at my public drop becuse i also own a bow rider and was waiting to drop in and saw a person putting in a 26 ft hunter and it was a big sail boat compared to his small truck, i had once looked at this size boat and decided against it. the person got out of his truck and looked so proud and did all his unhooking jumped in his boat and started to back it out but unfortunatly he did not close his door and it was not him backing up but his truck as it slid into the water with his door open it was over before any of us could react and away went the truck and my chance to go out that day.
i have always thought trailerable sail boats in the larger range seemed to be quite a hastle, i was at my public drop becuse i also own a bow rider and was waiting to drop in and saw a person putting in a 26 ft hunter and it was a big sail boat compared to his small truck, i had once looked at this size boat and decided against it. the person got out of his truck and looked so proud and did all his unhooking jumped in his boat and started to back it out but unfortunatly he did not close his door and it was not him backing up but his truck as it slid into the water with his door open it was over before any of us could react and away went the truck and my chance to go out that day.
metal magnet
Our local SCUBA club makes an event of checking out the base of the slips at our main pier in the fall. I hear great tales of what they have found, including vise grips, socket wrenches, a swagging tool amongst others. My question is "Does anyone carry a large magnet to retrive stuff off the bottom and if so, have you ever been successful?" I took apart a hard drive a few years ago and kept the circular magnet and metal housing it was it. It had a nice 1/4" hole in the centre into which I threaded a bungee cord. Although I have not had any opportunity to use it for retrieval yet, my plan would be to use a small line and go fishing with it, at about the position where the item went overboard. For me this most often happens at the dock or ramp, so typically not in water deeper than 10 feet. I did loose a pot lid once, but we were cooking on my friends boat and were able to dive down to retrieve it off the dock.
Our local SCUBA club makes an event of checking out the base of the slips at our main pier in the fall. I hear great tales of what they have found, including vise grips, socket wrenches, a swagging tool amongst others. My question is "Does anyone carry a large magnet to retrive stuff off the bottom and if so, have you ever been successful?" I took apart a hard drive a few years ago and kept the circular magnet and metal housing it was it. It had a nice 1/4" hole in the centre into which I threaded a bungee cord. Although I have not had any opportunity to use it for retrieval yet, my plan would be to use a small line and go fishing with it, at about the position where the item went overboard. For me this most often happens at the dock or ramp, so typically not in water deeper than 10 feet. I did loose a pot lid once, but we were cooking on my friends boat and were able to dive down to retrieve it off the dock.
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