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Cherub Chat => Sailing Stories => Topic started by: neal_gibson on March 30, 2008, 06:20:26 PM

Title: oh c***
Post by: neal_gibson on March 30, 2008, 06:20:26 PM
well all great sails end in tradedgy i guess

woops was the expression i believe
Title: Re: oh c***
Post by: tim_unerman on March 30, 2008, 06:23:01 PM
Ouch unlucky
Title: Re: oh c***
Post by: smight at bbsc on March 30, 2008, 07:43:43 PM
Bad luck mate. Looks like an insurance job to me.
Title: Re: oh c***
Post by: ross_burkin on March 30, 2008, 07:58:50 PM
 :o Not nice. You better change your signature from "resident sail maker" to "resident sail destroyer".
Title: Re: oh c***
Post by: neal_gibson on March 30, 2008, 08:43:45 PM
yep might have to speak to them like not looking good though for fixing it.

all the joys of insurance i guess.

my local nickname is dark destroyer like
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Post by: iain_christie on March 30, 2008, 09:08:46 PM
Yikes!

What happened?
Title: Re: oh c***
Post by: daniel_kemble on March 30, 2008, 09:23:30 PM
That must have been some serious accident to break those redeyes. I have had a set and they were pretty tough
Title: Re: oh c***
Post by: neal_gibson on March 30, 2008, 11:25:00 PM
big gust no kite up as we were reaching about before the start big nosedive followed by crew goign forwards resulting in capsize

myself looking to pick a spot clear of the boat just clipped the leech with a flailing arm put a tear there then when we recovered from the capsize one gust and it went and ripped right across

but the wipeout was pretty spectacular

kinda like the following sequence but with a cherub

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