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3 scariest things you’ve ever done (I don’t mean health related)
CLKD:
:o :o :o. so not 8)
suziq99:
--- Quote from: sheila99 on November 10, 2022, 01:13:31 PM ---300 miles off Portsmouth, shipping forecast says 'severe gale force 9 imminent.... have a peaceful night'. Yeah, right. Look outside and the waves are higher than the rop of the mast. First time I thought I might not make it home and years before I could listen to the shipping forecast without my heart beating faster.
I am frightened of heights. Middle of the S Atlantic and someone (not me) let go of the halyard (rope that goes through the top of the mast to hold the sail up) so of course it ended up in the deck and had to go back up the mast. So with the boat rolling in the swell I was hoisted up in the bisun's chair which is just a sling. So terrified I thought I was going to pass out and let go of the mast.
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Ooh that was nasty going up the mast like that, bad enough when the boat is tied up.
They should have made the culprit do it.
sheila99:
Agreed. Unfortunately the culprit was heavier and stronger than me (only 2 of us) so was better on the winch.
suziq99:
--- Quote from: sheila99 on November 11, 2022, 08:25:08 AM ---Agreed. Unfortunately the culprit was heavier and stronger than me (only 2 of us) so was better on the winch.
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Arh, know what you’re saying. Hope you got your own back 😉
littleminnie:
--- Quote from: getting_old on November 09, 2022, 10:57:27 PM ---I'd love to know if anyone ever enjoyed a driving test?? They seem to be the scariest things ever. My parents wouldn't let me take my test until I'd had a year of lessons and practice because several friends did the week long intensive courses, or had a month of daily lessons then took their tests. Once they passed they had a load of accidents because they'd only learnt to pass the test, and not how to drive in all conditions. I was taken out at night, in rain, snow, fog, etc. and still totally terrified when it came to the test.
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It’s like people who say they enjoyed giving birth. Who can enjoy all that pain!
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