Dick H of the week award goes to ME!....After being catapulted over the nose (again) while sailing at PS i came to the realization that failing to tighten one's mastfoot sufficiently, may result in separation of board and rig 
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Thanks to fellow sailors (Perks and someone whose name i didn't catch), board captured before heading to Bakers Beach. Important lesson given that most of my sailing is solo.
I was nearly encouraged back into the water by Ben, but as 30-45knot gusts blew through i decided to call it a day with valuable lesson learnt. 
It's only a dumb mistake when you make the same one twice!
Proverbs 26:11- like a dog that goes back to its vomit.
Clarence
Thats ok, i remember a big howling hot NE blow at Cremorne massively overpowered on 4.7, hyped up rushed in to rig 4.2, wondered what the hell was going on when i got back on the water...board was tail dancing planing on last half inch.....had rigged 5.7 and too arced up to click untill back on the water. DOH! lol
Azzzza, next thing you will tell me you spotted Flying saveloys on a road trip to Marrawah, thats bizzare, 
I did! 
Once upon a time I was rigging up and had lost the little threaded plate that goes into the mast track...didn't sail that day!.........
Ahhhhh flashback......next time you tell me theres a rave party at east inlet on a dark damp night i will be highly suspicious, what were those little squares of paper with the starboard tiki man symbol? ive never had to put stickers under my tongue before! Bloody saveloys...that is bizzare....i have the dents to prove it
Once upon a time Crackerjack went for a quiet little sail at Laudedale front beach only broke his leg and we all wondered why Cracker would leave his van at the beach and rack off without telling anyone.......... selfish little p........... ummm I still have the guilts
Don't have the guilts over that one Ant - I suspect I will go down in history as the only person ever, ever to break a leg on a chop jump at main beach Lauderdale.
He Mort your not alone with that one - bought a brand new wave board earlier in the year and first time out I was coming in on a wave at Cliffy and sail and board separated (the base plate came out of the track), obviously did not tighten up enough - another lesson learnt. Quite funny really - surfing a wave with this sail thing dangling in my hands
I remember a time where my base plate kept separating from the board, often in mid air. No problems most of the time. Until I was screaming along on a downwind reach, base let go, base of mast got dragged to windward, hit the water and stopped dead and my right knee wrapped around the mast. Thought I'd busted my knee. X rays showed the base of the femur was criss-crossed with microfractures. Doc said I was very close to a knee detonation. Needless to say that base got chucked out.
I was wondering what you three were up to floating around in the middle of the river. Thought stew might of called one of his sper of the moment CWA meetings to see who was bringing scones next week :0
How about,
me and not tying gear on..
first episode, before i had a licence my mum picked me up from the other side of the causeway with my new Bombora New Toy.
I had tied the board on the roof with a piece of rope 30 foot long.
Anyway my rope skills were not the best and the board flew off and dragged on the end of the rope, by the fin 30 foot behind the car.
My mum did not stop as "too much traffic", i watch as my new board was towed along the causway at 60-80 km /hr ..
It end up with a big melt/scuff on the bottom and no fin!
Funny now
second was on the Sorell Causeway, my brother and I were on the way back from Marion i think.
Two boards and one piece masts and booms on the roof.
Anyway really windy and the racks blew off!!!, both boards and gear , with racks took off and landed in the water on the southern side of the causeway.
Masts broken and boards shattered.
Now there,s some stupid things!!,
Thank god i have a VAN now.
Select to expand quoteraythorne said..
I was wondering what you three were up to floating around in the middle of the river. Thought stew might of called one of his sper of the moment CWA meetings to see who was bringing scones next week :0
Firstly, thank you to Stew (and Perks)! I had pictures of a long drive round to Bakers and a bit of beach combing to find my board. I'm not sure that 3 WT committee members in the middle of the Rubicon constitutes a quorum, but I'll check with the constitution 
(not sure who was taking minutes).
It appears that this post has triggered some unpleasant memories for some, sorry about that, but thanks for sharing.
Clarence your quote "As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly" will stick with me each time I stuff up a gybe 
, but will try to keep Galations 6:9 in mind. ... "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up". 
then there's the time I stabbed myself up the nostril with a large flat head screwdriver while fitting roof racks !
oh i just remembered when i..
rolled the car at Marion with a brand new board on the roof and drove home with the roof pushing down on my head with no windscreen.
Memories 
Select to expand quotegeared4knots said..
How about,
me and not tying gear on..
first episode, before i had a licence my mum picked me up from the other side of the causeway with my new Bombora New Toy.
I had tied the board on the roof with a piece of rope 30 foot long.
Anyway my rope skills were not the best and the board flew off and dragged on the end of the rope, by the fin 30 foot behind the car.
My mum did not stop as "too much traffic", i watch as my new board was towed along the causway at 60-80 km /hr ..
It end up with a big melt/scuff on the bottom and no fin!
Funny now
second was on the Sorell Causeway, my brother and I were on the way back from Marion i think.
Two boards and one piece masts and booms on the roof.
Anyway really windy and the racks blew off!!!, both boards and gear , with racks took off and landed in the water on the southern side of the causeway.
Masts broken and boards shattered.
Now there,s some stupid things!!,
Thank god i have a VAN now.
Did you get your warranty replacements
