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Andy_334
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Initially Posted - 05/05/2007 : 16:57:22

I’m sure everybody has a tragic tale of a prized tool sliding gracefully over the side and into the water at the most inopportune moment!

You know you’ll feel better if you tell us all about it…..... honestly, you will!

Mine…. Last Thursday, just laid my Gerber on the deck just for a moment, stood up to admire my handiwork, and then I heard the sound of it sliding across the deck, then……splash!

Anybody else what to get it off their chest…..

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At Ease
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Response Posted - 05/05/2007 : 17:26:09

I have a SOG tool, quite similar to the Gerber. Whenever I am on the boat, it is in a sheath on my belt...with a 30" lanyard also securing it to my belt. So when I use it...it's still hooked to me.

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tinob
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Response Posted - 05/05/2007 : 18:38:10

If varifocal solar adjustable eyeglasses count as tools, my hand is up, and I'm still gritting my teeth ( $479 )

. But that was last year, does it count.

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 05/05/2007 : 18:41:58

Under my boat at the slip is my Craftsman tape measure, cell phone, linemen's pliers, a screw driver, Lewmar 7 winch drum, and probably a few more items that I can't think of right now.

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Bubba
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Response Posted - 05/05/2007 : 19:09:27

Assorted shackles, screwdriver, wrench, rigging tape, wife's prescription glasses.

Also dunked some items that we were able to retrieve. Funny though, they went in as digital camera and cell phone and came out as a paperweight and a door stop.

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Andy_334
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Response Posted - 05/05/2007 : 19:10:46

tinob - Yep. It counts! There is no statute of limitations for things like that. $$$ Ouch!

Don - I have this picture in my head of the guy from the Verizon ad in a mask and snorkel - "can you hear me now!"

Edited by - Andy_334 on 05/05/2007 19:14:01

Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 05/05/2007 : 22:08:42

Came around the leeward mark a few years back, and my foredeck guy dropped the whisker pole overboard! After the race (which we won!!) we went back to the mark and dropped a float on an anchor. Got one of my scuba diving friends to try and locate it - he went down the anchor rode, put out his hand and picked up the pole!! Nice save!

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Response Posted - 05/05/2007 : 23:06:59

Many decades ago me and the old man were winterizing the boat. I was ordered to drive the dock cart with (a lot of) tools to the car. There is a 90 degree bend in the dock.......(meaningful space). Yup, I missed the turn and the whole thing went into the drink. Fortunately it was only 5 or 6 feet deep, and there happened to be a person in neoprene sailing a laser around....(it was fall and chilly.) He volunteered and I recall him retrieving all if not 99% of the tools. Also fortunately all tools were mechanical in those days, so no motors were ruined.

Edited by - Oscar on 05/05/2007 23:08:08

Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 05/06/2007 : 07:01:44

My wife missed the dock leaving the boat and she went in, but I am the tool so I am not sure how that all works.

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existentialsailor
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Response Posted - 05/06/2007 : 07:12:02

Not a tool, but a hand held. Was bringing the boat back from South Portland single handed and when I went to wrap the sheet around the winch I must have hit the radio just right because it came out of the belt clip, bounced once and over it went. I had just bought the radio that week and that was the first time I was using it on the boat. Now I keep the replacement in a zipped pocket in my vest.

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 05/06/2007 : 07:22:36

Does the sinking of Derek's C22 count as someting lost overboard?

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PZell
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Response Posted - 05/06/2007 : 08:50:56

Lotta small stuff, but a nice expensive ring my wife gave me got caught on a fold of the main one cold day while flaking it and hop hop hop plop. Spent some hours dredging where it went in to no avail. She replaced it, bless her heart, but I now take it off in the car before I go down the dock.

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saribella
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Response Posted - 05/06/2007 : 09:15:33

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by PZell
 Lotta small stuff, but a nice expensive ring my wife gave me got caught on a fold of the main one cold day while flaking it and hop hop hop plop. Spent some hours dredging where it went in to no avail. She replaced it, bless her heart, but I now take it off in the car before I go down the dock.
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Rings are a good way to lose a finer as well.

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Andy_334
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Response Posted - 05/06/2007 : 09:24:22

Matt. Ouch! That does not even bear thinking about! But sounds like wise advice.

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Bubba
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Response Posted - 05/06/2007 : 09:38:49

My wife went overboard while at the dock too - but she floats so, she was easy to find!

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Response Posted - 05/06/2007 : 09:55:43

A friend's wife slipped and went between the dock and the boat, wrecking her shoulder and coming way too close to being crushed between the two...

I recommend avoiding that--it wasn't funny.

All else here is just King Neptune passing his offering plate.

Don: Didn't I tell you about cutting a hole in the bottom of a box and putting it over the winch before you take it apart?? I've done similar things for working on the outboard.

Edited by - Dave Bristle on 05/06/2007 09:57:23

Andy_334
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Response Posted - 05/06/2007 : 17:11:03

On the subject of King Neptune, I had the missfortune to witness a Capri-25 sink this afternoon. Everybody OK, just a soggy boat stuck in 30-40 feet of water.

Wind was nuking out on the main lake so the RC called the race. However, the bay is a little more protected, a couple of boats went out for some heavy air practice. Nothing too crazy, but just enough to test our new reefing arrangement and shake out some of the winter cobwebs.

All was well, then we noticed the other Capri that was out before us, had turtled. We doused our sails, fired up the motor and zipped over to their location. They asked us to take one of the frightened crew members, while they tried to right the boat.

As they did so, it just went down like a stone. Such a bummer!! At least they were all OK, and the RC boat got them back to shore quickly.

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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 05/06/2007 : 17:39:46

Don, I'm not sure whether that was technically "lost overboard" - but it certainly qualifies as the ultimate bottom job!

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 05/06/2007 : 18:39:27

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Dave Bristle
 Don: Didn't I tell you about cutting a hole in the bottom of a box and putting it over the winch before you take it apart??<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Dave,

I didn't lose it while performing maintenance, heck, I wasn't even there. I was using the winch to secure a spring line and it was pulled off during a rather large, freak seiche.

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Turk
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Response Posted - 05/06/2007 : 21:07:21

Wow! Such a response! Seems like we all have lost treasures while out on the boat.

My story is seems typical but with 2 surprising twists at the end. A storm came up while I was over at the club and 2 fishermen struggled to get into the boat ramp. I ran to help secure their aluminum fishing boat as 50 mph wind hit. The waves where incredible and we got them off the boat but lost a grip and their boat blew away. In all the confusion, my $250 Mauwi Jim sunglasses were gone.

2 years later I was launching my sailboat at the beginning of the season and I looked down and there in the water - - my sunglasses! They were in the water for 2 years and yet had very little scratches and in fact I just put them on and could not believe it.

It gets better!

One week later I was out on the boat and in a bit of rough weather. I brought the mainsail down and as I was flaking the sail and wrapping it with some plastic hooked bungies, one got away from me, flipped around the sail and hit me square on the right lens of my newfound sunglasses - knocking the lens out and into the water.

It was not meant to be. . . .

Edited by - Turk on 05/06/2007 21:08:26

ct95949
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Response Posted - 05/06/2007 : 21:55:35

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Andy_334
 I’m sure everybody has a tragic tale of a prized tool sliding gracefully over the side and into the water at the most inopportune moment!

You know you’ll feel better if you tell us all about it…..... honestly, you will!

Mine…. Last Thursday, just laid my Gerber on the deck just for a moment, stood up to admire my handiwork, and then I heard the sound of it sliding across the deck, then……splash!

Anybody else what to get it off their chest…..

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I've NEVER had a prized tool glide gracefully over the side... but I have had lots of expensive tools and hardware drop on the deck and BOUNCE over the side

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cat1951
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Response Posted - 05/07/2007 : 09:34:06

Lost our only winch handle last week. I should have known it would happen. Just a few weeks ago, I was perusing some online sales and said to myself that I should get a spare..."just in case." Now I get to buy 2.

Edited by - cat1951 on 05/07/2007 09:36:33

delliottg
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Response Posted - 05/07/2007 : 11:03:58

There's a nice crescent wrench, a clamp and assorted other stuff beneath my old slip on Lake Washington. And on that same day, very nearly a 7.5hp outboard (I was attaching a wedge to the Garelick engine mount with the clamp & crescent wrench and needed an extra pair of hands after the clamp popped itself off). I've got a brand new pair of prescription sunglasses somewhere under the Colorado River, although technically I jumped in the river with them on. The Croakies I had on to keep them attached to my head slipped right off as I hit. I wrote & complained to Croakies about it, and they sent me a $50 check which covered about 1/7th of my cost. And I have at least one good hat out in Lake Washington, it sank before we could finish the MOB drill to retrieve it. I have a good idea where my friend's cell phone is on Black Lake although I'm pretty sure it doesn't work anymore. And I managed to make a good save with my Dewalt drill motor as it was sliding down the deck of my San Juan. Caught it with my toes, it was about a 1/4 second from oblivion.

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saribella
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Response Posted - 05/07/2007 : 21:43:15

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Andy_334
 On the subject of King Neptune, I had the missfortune to witness a Capri-25 sink this afternoon. Everybody OK, just a soggy boat stuck in 30-40 feet of water.

Wind was nuking out on the main lake so the RC called the race. However, the bay is a little more protected, a couple of boats went out for some heavy air practice. Nothing too crazy, but just enough to test our new reefing arrangement and shake out some of the winter cobwebs.

All was well, then we noticed the other Capri that was out before us, had turtled. We doused our sails, fired up the motor and zipped over to their location. They asked us to take one of the frightened crew members, while they tried to right the boat.

As they did so, it just went down like a stone. Such a bummer!! At least they were all OK, and the RC boat got them back to shore quickly.
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Andy,

If the boat was buttoned up for heavy air practice then how did it sink? [I.e. Hatchboards installed and companionway cover latched, cockpit lockers latched, etc.] How long was it over? It completely turtled??? Which boat was it, and will it be recovered? I am just curious. Water must have been freezing. Glad to hear everyone made it to shore safely.

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Andy_334
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Response Posted - 05/07/2007 : 22:03:45

Matt. They are a well sailed boat; particularly good in big air.

When we got to it, it was fully inverted but still floating. They was all standing on the upturned hull.

Once they tried to right the boat (using the keel for leverage), it filled with water, and it was all over. I don't know about the lockers of hatchboards. I think they just got slammed with a big shift and could not release the jib.

I'm sure they'll recover it, and we should see it back on the racecourse soon.

As you say, at least they all made it back to shore safely.

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Response Posted - 05/08/2007 : 08:27:56

I'm certain this will jinx me but ................. so far so good. Nothing over the side. keep in mind though that I'm a newbie with only a few deck repairs/mods under my belt. Come to think of it my cell phone did fall out of my pocket and almost went over, just bounced one way instead of the other

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