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23-12-2011, 13:07
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Re: A sailing story thread - feel free to add
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Originally Posted by tropicalescape
But after kidnapping the Beaver Dr T. realized that he had made a mistake and while trying to figure out what to do he had locked him below in a Sparkman and Stevens 60 ft wooden yawl and the Beaver had chewed his way thru the hull using his sharp incessers and escaped only to realize he had broken off 3 teeth bitting into cooper revits so he needed to find a dentist..after searching on line he found the "How to make money while crusing" thread on crusers forum and located a nurse offering her medical services to other crusers for help manning her Formosa sailing yacht from Mazatlan to.... |
... where ever they could find parts. Using only the beacon coming from a possible source of parts they navigated the treacherous course through fish tacos and cold cervesa until one morning the watch rang out land ho and there it was ...
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23-12-2011, 13:14
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#122
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Re: A sailing story thread - feel free to add
MARGARITAVILLE!!!!!!!!
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23-12-2011, 13:18
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Re: A sailing story thread - feel free to add
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... where ever they could find parts. Using only the beacon coming from a possible source of parts they navigated the treacherous course through fish tacos and cold cervesa until one morning the watch rang out land ho and there it was ... |
A veratable eutopie with mountians rising from the sea crowned by clouds..with natural harbours that provided safe ancourages and abundent food sources...At the far end of the cresent shaped beach among the palm trees sat...
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23-12-2011, 13:32
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CLOD
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Re: A sailing story thread - feel free to add
some fat guy that we learned was named Don. Next thing we knew he was yelling "hey get your old style piece of crap sailing boat asses off my beach"! But we figured we could win him over so we ...
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23-12-2011, 13:33
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#125
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Re: A sailing story thread - feel free to add
who would believ it our heroine's heidi and helga now totally devoid of clothes except for a scarp of tapa cloth that barely covered their feminity.......enslaved by don
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23-12-2011, 13:47
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#126
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CLOD
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Re: A sailing story thread - feel free to add
and the whole world finally started wishing they were Don, which was how it should always have been to begin with!
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23-12-2011, 14:38
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Re: A sailing story thread - feel free to add
We all know Beaver can't be beat,finding Dennis the menice they teamed for a Great sailing adventure on the Formosa as they both knew they needed a MOM REAL BAD
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23-12-2011, 15:54
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Re: A sailing story thread - feel free to add
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Originally Posted by casual
We all know Beaver can't be beat,finding Dennis the menice they teamed for a Great sailing adventure on the Formosa as they both knew they needed a MOM REAL BAD
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so they jumped ship and decided that a father figure like Don would suffice,so they asked as they knew Don had experiance sailing on Hunters "what now daddy Don what now ?we are out of bailing twine and the superglue is all but gone and the seas are getting worse by the minute...she wont hold together in these rough seas,those waves must be at least 3 ft and the winds are forcast to be 3 to 5 kts with gust to 6..what ever will we do ...just at that moment sailing over the horizen they saw and knew that salvation was near because.....
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23-12-2011, 16:15
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#129
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Re: A sailing story thread - feel free to add
the arc race had just arrived in the carribean,crew were jumping from boat to boat the natives were restless,owners were huddled on broken boats but from the shore came the sound of distant drumming and the refrain "gimme dolla,gimme dolla!!!!!!"
its party time at the jump up!
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23-12-2011, 16:20
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Re: A sailing story thread - feel free to add
And the cry that has echo'd round the Islands since Columbus rang once again down hills and vales..." Hey Mon...... Lobsters on South Beach..."
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23-12-2011, 16:23
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They awoke from their fitful sleep, rubbing the sand from their eyes. It was a beautiful day with a gentle breeze. As the sails filled with the freshening breeze a pod of dolphins looked like horses pulling the boat along.
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23-12-2011, 16:32
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Re: A sailing story thread - feel free to add
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They awoke from their fitful sleep, rubbing the sand from their eyes. It was a beautiful day with a gentle breeze. As the sails filled with the freshening breeze a pod of dolphins looked like horses pulling the boat along. |
And the flying fish jumped from port to starboard,starboard to port as if following a script...oh what a life the pirate captan softly said to himself as the salt air filled his nostrels ,but peace was not to be his on that wonderful day out on the open ocean because...
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23-12-2011, 16:34
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#134
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Re: A sailing story thread - feel free to add
hey mon! me names rufus! y!all irie i an i as he passed the girls the biggest spliff they had ever seen......
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23-12-2011, 16:36
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Re: A sailing story thread - feel free to add
TROPICALESCAPE WAS ON THE LOOSE,He had built a MONSTER of a Schooner and he was coming 50 knts of wind full sail flying knife in his teeth and ONE ARM TIED BEHIND HIS BACK,singing Merry Christmas,NOW WHAT SAID Beever?:
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