[Rhodes22-list] Accident Boat Minor Damage Me More So

[Shawn Boles]

Hi :
Sorry to hear about your accident.  As an aging sailor, I find that if you
use a checklist you seldom need a guardian angel.

Cheers,
Shawn
S / V Sweet Baboo
On Sep 29, 2013 5:24 PM, "butterchurn" <amazingmisterx at gmail.com> wrote:

> A very unfortunate mishap occurred yesterday while I was putting Ozone away
> for the winter.  My wife and I were lowering the mast.  I am having a
> difficult time with my memory.  Even though I have raised and lowered the
> mast using Stan's instructions several times before, yesterday I got all
> mixed up and couldn't remember.  I had the crane attached to it's fixture
> on
> the deck and attached to the appropriate shrouds.  My wife asked me if she
> should detach the shrouds on her side.  I don't know why I said yes.  I
> feel
> so stupid.  It was like my brain stopped working.  You know what happened
> next.  The mast went down.  The crane with fixture attached pooped out of
> the deck and hit me in the back and side I might have a cracked rib.
> Fortunately I didn't feel it (at the time) and it didn't knock me off the
> boat and down to the concrete/blacktop below. The mast step popped out too.
> The mast fell on a chain link fence which stopped it from hitting the
> concrete.
>
> Anyhow. The damage to Ozone was minor. Good clean holes no damage to the
> structure (bless you Stan), dry wood underneath. Maststep is bent I don't
> know if I should try to pound it back into shape or get a new one (where
> can
> I get one)?  Mast has two dings (mast still straight) where it hit the
> fence.  I don't think it is bent in enough to interfere with the operation
> of the IMF or rub the sail too much.
>
> What do you think I should do?
>
> Do you believe in Guardian Angels?  I do now!  I could have been killed if
> the crane hit me in the head and i took a plunge off the deck onto the
> concrete.  All I have is a very sore rib.
>
> I also don't understand why I couldn't remember what to do when lowering
> the
> mast.  I don't understand how I was so confused with the process. It came
> back to me after the accident.  I feel so stupid.
>
> Ron
>
>
>
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