[Rhodes22-list] Oops

[Mary Lou Troy]

Hi Lee
So very sorry to read this and see all the damage. Very glad no one 
was hurt. Hope you can keep things moving along and be out sailing again soon.

Was the other boat damaged?

Mary Lou



At 02:55 PM 6/4/2012, you wrote:

>It takes two skilled sailboat captains to hit each other out in the middle of
>nowhere.
>
>Since we were the only boats around I thought he was just coming my way to
>say "hi."  By the time I realized he was getting uncomfortably close it was
>too late give way off the wind for fear he would also.  I was on the
>starboard tack which helps with the DNR police and insurance, but that
>doesn't make me feel any less stupid; or sad.
>
>The bow of his Sabre28 hit the rubrail and cracked my hull and deck.  His
>boat road up on my deck and as he slid off his anchor (stored on his bow)
>pulled one of my inside shrouds out of the chainplate/fiberglass and snapped
>the other one in two.  The poptop mast connection broke and some of my
>electronics quit working.
>
>Fortunately no one was hurt, and hey if it's totaled I may get a downpayment
>on a new boat. :)
>
>http://old.nabble.com/file/p33959863/IMG_1345.JPG IMG_1345.JPG
>
>http://old.nabble.com/file/p33959863/IMG_1340.JPG IMG_1340.JPG
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>http://old.nabble.com/file/p33959863/IMG_1338.JPG IMG_1338.JPG
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>http://old.nabble.com/file/p33959863/IMG_1344.JPG IMG_1344.JPG
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>http://old.nabble.com/file/p33959863/IMG_1331.JPG IMG_1331.JPG
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>Lee
>1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE
>In excellent condition!  Ready to sail!  Make an offer before it's too late!
>Kent Island, MD
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