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17-06-2011, 13:14
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E.L.Green
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another skill or luck video
17-06-2011, 13:37
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Re: another skill or luck video
Neither luck nor skill got him in that position.
Good to see him make it out ok, I'm sure he changed his pants after.
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17-06-2011, 13:43
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E.L.Green
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Re: another skill or luck video
i know it didng GET him there but something got him out of it .
17-06-2011, 16:57
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Unicorn Dreams
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Re: another skill or luck video
Lucky he didn't lose his stick the way it was whipping around and the way the forestay was going slack...
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17-06-2011, 18:31
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ozskip
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Re: another skill or luck video
Heading out why do i see a green bouy too starboard of the
boat
?
17-06-2011, 18:48
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bobsadler
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Re: another skill or luck video
IALA B ??
http://cgate.co.il/eng/Seamanship/iala_b.htm
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17-06-2011, 19:44
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Unicorn Dreams
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Re: another skill or luck video
I think the video is from the land of OZ..
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19-06-2011, 02:29
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Re: another skill or luck video
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Unicorn Dreams
I think the video is from the land of OZ..
Point Panic,
Oahu
Hawaii
.....
Quote:
"Captain Raf and Duke are taking out a group of tourists on their 40' sailboat for an ash scattering ceremony in Waikiki Harbor when a huge set rolls into the channel, outside the harbor buoy. With no time to avoid the waves,
Captain
Raf faces the swell head-on while Duke holds onto the
mast
for dear life!"
19-06-2011, 03:00
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David_Old_Jersey
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Re: another skill or luck video
I would have thought a) being in
Hawaii
b) folks on surfboards and c) the surf
would have given the
Skipper
a heads up
- but I guess if the
Chartplotter
says you can............
19-06-2011, 03:17
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roger.waite
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Location: Plimmerton, New Zealand
Boat: Samsara, a Ross 930
Posts: 380
Re: another skill or luck video
Tarnation. Unfortunately, survival disqualifies him for the Darwin Awards.
(Looking at the poor surfers being rolled past his prop makes me squirm.)
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