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Chook2 WA 525 Posts	Posted 23/12/2011, 10:49 pm Gee this would surprise you at speed. A marker for a mooring frozen in the ice.
desertyank United States 947 Posts	Posted 24/12/2011, 3:11 am Seems like a little orange paint or a flag might have been nice...... I'll bet he needed a change of uniform after that sudden stop.
colk2004 United Kingdom 312 Posts	Posted 24/12/2011, 3:37 am Sort of lucky that had a wood axle. If that had been a good lump of nicely welded steel that would have been an even more sudden stop Ouch! Cheers Col
ledzephyrlin WA 41 Posts	Posted 01/01/2012, 8:11 am devo...at least it was caught on film. was the marker made from black box material?, as it looked unscathed. build a yacht out of it and she'd be apples
Test pilot 1 WA 850 Posts	Posted 01/01/2012, 1:57 pm Yeah the yacht would be apples but the pilot would be mush
mofo QLD 76 Posts	Posted 18/01/2012, 1:44 pm he's too busy watching his mate.
aus230 WA 1095 Posts	Posted 18/01/2012, 11:04 pm another interesting ice sailing video
sabydent Canada 286 Posts	Posted 18/01/2012, 11:27 pm Waiting to try out my landyachts on the ice, however it might have to warm up a bit: Wind Chill Warning Issued at 4:16 AM MST Wednesday 18 January 2012 Summary Wind chill values of minus 40 to 45 this morning and tonight. This is a warning that extreme wind chill conditions are imminent or occurring in these regions. Monitor weather conditions..Listen for updated statements. Details Cold Arctic air has invaded Alberta bringing temperatures into the minus thirties. These temperatures combined with winds of 15 to 20 km/h will give wind chills of minus 40 to 50. At these extreme wind chill values frostbite on exposed skin may occur in less than 10 minutes.
Nikrum TAS 1950 Posts	Posted 19/01/2012, 6:03 am Yeah, Well! What can I say Brian, what can I say??? This doesn't bode well for you at all What ever happened to common sense??? You could always move down to "The Great Down Under" where good Dentists can make a living and ones Eyes can Fry in their sockets. Not to mention the great tracts of Salt Flats and Clay Pans to operate ones Land Yachts.. "Come ON Down" Ron

cisco QLD 5057 Posts	Posted 19/01/2012, 9:06 pm Nikrum said... Yeah, Well! What can I say Brian, what can I say??? This doesn't bode well for you at all What ever happened to common sense??? You could always move down to "The Great Down Under" where not so good Dentists can make ~~a living~~ an absolute killing and ones Eyes can Fry in their sockets. Not to mention the great tracts of Salt Flats and Clay Pans to operate ones Land Yachts.. "Come ON Down" Ron There. Fixed it for ya. Great vid Vic.
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