When I take people on my boat I tell them the same thing every time. The first thing I tell them is that they need to step onto the boat or stay on the dock. They need to decide to step and then complete the step and not change their mind in the middle of getting on the boat(unless I have a video camera set up).
Well if you haven't guessed by now I'll have to tell you. I went sailing with the Barefoot Sailing Club for the last cruise of the season. It was a wonderful day. Everything on the boat worked perfectly. I came in to the dock just as the sun was going down. Still plenty of light but getting kind of cold. The wind had died down and I drove right into the dock, hit reverse and the boat stopped perfectly. It was sitting in the slip just as if it was tied up. I unhooked the fuel line so it would clear out the carb. I had not unhooked the safety line and just planned to step over it.
As I stepped over the safety line and onto the dock I noticed that my bow line was hooked to the hanger by the safety line. I had forgotten that it was there since we had rafted up the boats. I reached down and picked up the line. As I did this I noticed that the boat was leaving the dock since one foot was on the dock and the other was still on the boat. They were already too far apart for me to step on either one. My only choice was to dive onto the dock.
Unfortunately I hit face first. I thought I was going to lose a tooth but it was just loose. No bruise this morning and the tooth is mostly secure. I need to stop working so much and do more sailing. Too much thinking about work and not enough thinking about sailing.
I need to follow the rules that I make for others and step on or off without changing my mind.
Interesting end to a wonderful day.
First thing I did was jump up and make sure no one saw it happen.
Well if you haven't guessed by now I'll have to tell you. I went sailing with the Barefoot Sailing Club for the last cruise of the season. It was a wonderful day. Everything on the boat worked perfectly. I came in to the dock just as the sun was going down. Still plenty of light but getting kind of cold. The wind had died down and I drove right into the dock, hit reverse and the boat stopped perfectly. It was sitting in the slip just as if it was tied up. I unhooked the fuel line so it would clear out the carb. I had not unhooked the safety line and just planned to step over it.
As I stepped over the safety line and onto the dock I noticed that my bow line was hooked to the hanger by the safety line. I had forgotten that it was there since we had rafted up the boats. I reached down and picked up the line. As I did this I noticed that the boat was leaving the dock since one foot was on the dock and the other was still on the boat. They were already too far apart for me to step on either one. My only choice was to dive onto the dock.
Unfortunately I hit face first. I thought I was going to lose a tooth but it was just loose. No bruise this morning and the tooth is mostly secure. I need to stop working so much and do more sailing. Too much thinking about work and not enough thinking about sailing.
I need to follow the rules that I make for others and step on or off without changing my mind.
Interesting end to a wonderful day.
First thing I did was jump up and make sure no one saw it happen.