[Rhodes22-list] Cautionary Tale (addendum) and another story

Mon Aug 30 19:40:02 EDT 2010

John,

What is your anchor design?

Rick

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 6:34 PM, John Shulick <jsbudda at verizon.net> wrote:

>
> VERY FOOLISH
>
>  You are a lucky man to have your fingers intact. While I have had the
> sense
> not to argue with a running engine (8 horses out weigh one middle aged fat
> man) I have had my fair share of wrestling with stuck anchors at my lake.
> Lost 3 more this year (thats 6 in 2 yrs ) due to them being wrapped around
> logs tree stumps and fish Christmas trees. Being stubborn as hell one time
> I
> used one of the winches and a screwdriver for leverage and hauled half a
> waterlogged tree up to the surface in an attempt to free the anchor. I can
> only imagine what would have happened if I had got a hand wrapped around
> the
> line and then lost the purchase on the winch getting pulled to the bottom
> like Capt Ahab. Most embarrassing way to die for a former water safety
> instructor. This also recalls a sign I have seen posted on most
> church/synagogue organs by the organist. "DIESEN MACHINEN IST NICHT FOR
> FINGERPOKEN UNT RUBBERNECKEN!! SETSEN SIE STILL UND WACHEN DER BILNKEN
> LIGHTS.
>
> Best as always
> John S
>
>
>
>
>
>
> BenCittadino wrote:
> >
> > Having now revealed myself as an idiot (again) there is little to be lost
> > by passing along the following which were sent to me this AM by a fellow
> > Duke alum. These should aggravate a fair percentage of  list members
>  (but
> > they are funny):
> >
> >
> > FOOTBALL TRUTHS ...
> >
> >
> > (1) What does the average Univ. of Florida player get on his SATs?
> >    ........Drool.
> >
> >
> > (2) What do you get when you put 32 West Virginia cheerleaders in one
> > room?
> >    ........A full set of teeth.
> >
> > (3) How do you get a Nebraska cheerleader into your dorm room?
> >    ........Grease her hips and push.
> >
> > (4) How do you get an Ohio State graduate off your porch?
> >    .........Pay him for the pizza.
> >
> > (5) How do you know if an Alabama football player has a girlfriend?
> >    ......There is tobacco spit on both sides of his pickup.
> >
> > (6) Why is the Kentucky football team like a possum?
> >    ....Because they play dead at home and get killed on the road.
> >
> > (7) What are the longest three years of a Miami ( Fla ) football player's
> > life?
> >    ........His freshman year.
> >
> > (8) How many Oklahoma freshmen does it take to change a light bulb?
> >    ........None. That's a sophomore course.
> >
> > (9) Where was O. J. Headed in the white Bronco?
> >    ....... Durham , North Carolina.  He knew that the police would never
> > look for a Heisman Trophy winner at Duke..
> >
> > (10) How do you keep an FSU football player out of your front yard?
> >     ......Erect a goal post!
> >
> >
> >
> >   AND FINALLY (drum roll and cymbal clash).....
> >
> > (11) Why did Tennessee choose orange as their team color?
> >    ........You can wear it to the game on Saturday, hunting on Sunday,
> > and picking up trash along the highways the rest of the week.
> >
> >
> > BenC
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > R22MikeW wrote:
> >>
> >> Ben,
> >>
> >> You are very lucky!
> >>
> >> We should all know that engines and props are dangerous but many don't
> >> realize that monofilament line can slice through flesh all too quickly,
> >> without exceeding it's tensile rating.  While it should be common safety
> >> practice to stop all engines before investigating entangled lines, be
> >> very
> >> careful to stop all motion (possibly even anchor) when checking out any
> >> fishing line entanglements.  There have been reports of severe limb and
> >> neck
> >> damage when fishing lines suddenly caught on something and tightened
> >> across
> >> cockpit spaces.  Whenever I approach my town "No Fishing" dock to
> >> discharge
> >> passengers, I always blow a warning horn to the fishermen and advise
> them
> >> to
> >> remove their lines from the water or they will be cut.  I have a riggers
> >> knife and a pair of sailing gloves at the ready to quickly and safely
> cut
> >> any lines that contact the boat.  Do not fool around with fishing line
> >> and
> >> bare hands, ever.
> >>
> >>
> >> Mike
> >> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
> >> Nissequogue River, NY
> >>
> >> From: "BenCittadino" Sunday, August 29, 2010 10:37 PM
> >>>
> >>> This weekend, after a calm, pleasant sail, having motored smoothly into
> >>> my
> >>> slip, and just secured the boat I noticed somebodies  fishing line had
> >>> become tangled in the prop. I lowered the prop back into the water with
> >>> a
> >>> plan to pull on the loose end while running the motor slowly in reverse
> >>> to
> >>> unwrap the line. I held the filament end with one hand while
> >>> manipulating
> >>> the tiller controller with the other hand. The plan did not work and
> >>> almost
> >>> sucked my hand into the prop. I miraculously escaped with nothing more
> >>> than
> >>> a semi-nasty paper cut like slit in my hand from the filament and the
> >>> certain knowledge that I am an idiot.
> >>>
> >>> Lesson: NEVER EVER RUN AN ENGINE WITH ANY PART OF ANYONE'S BODY NEAR A
> >>> MOVING PART OR ATTACHED THERETO.
> >>>
> >>> With the engine OFF I cut the line free. It took a few minutes but I
> >>> have
> >>> all my fingers.
> >>>
> >>> BenC
> >>> S/V Susan Kay ('93 recy '08)
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