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I was the boat ramp idiot
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<blockquote data-quote="highbar" data-source="post: 460425" data-attributes="member: 24221"><p>A couple years ago my Dad and I were setting up his sailboat for the first time. It was an ordeal. It took us about 5 hours to get the mast on, make sure everything was set up properly, and to get the boat ready to launch. I was in the back of the boat, as he was trying to reverse down to the ramp. We hit a little snag, the mast was touching what seemed like a pretty weak tree branch, just the tip. We decided to continue on, and the mast snapped, and landed right off my shoulder nearly crushing me. </p><p></p><p>It's still a big secret today with the family how the mast snapped; we told them that it just snapped when we were winching it up, "must have been aluminum fatigue!" We've all seen "No Highway in the Sky" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043859/?ref_=tt_urv</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="highbar, post: 460425, member: 24221"] A couple years ago my Dad and I were setting up his sailboat for the first time. It was an ordeal. It took us about 5 hours to get the mast on, make sure everything was set up properly, and to get the boat ready to launch. I was in the back of the boat, as he was trying to reverse down to the ramp. We hit a little snag, the mast was touching what seemed like a pretty weak tree branch, just the tip. We decided to continue on, and the mast snapped, and landed right off my shoulder nearly crushing me. It's still a big secret today with the family how the mast snapped; we told them that it just snapped when we were winching it up, "must have been aluminum fatigue!" We've all seen "No Highway in the Sky" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043859/?ref_=tt_urv [/QUOTE]
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