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42 knot crash - No Pain, No Glory.

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Created by sailquik > 9 months ago, 8 May 2020
sailquik
VIC, 6165 posts
8 May 2020 5:22PM
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Doin' The Dance!
After doing almost exactly this myself last Saturday, I relived it with Mat's 42 knot crash and Brians appropriate philosophy. Thankfully, in both Mat's and my case, there was no lasting pain.

kato
VIC, 3507 posts
8 May 2020 7:57PM
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I do believe that I might be the cause seeing that I was very close to both events

sailquik
VIC, 6165 posts
8 May 2020 9:12PM
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kato said..
I do believe that I might be the cause seeing that I was very close to both events


Yes. and one in a million chance you just happend to be filming that one.

Tardy
5265 posts
10 May 2020 11:41AM
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ahhh looked like a lovely moment sailquik ....its when there's less water ....that really hurts ..

and that split second in your mind ,....when you know your going over ....it sucks ..lol.

Brains a cool dude always smiling .

Gestalt
QLD, 14671 posts
12 May 2020 12:38AM
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sailquik said..
Doin' The Dance!
After doing almost exactly this myself last Saturday, I relived it with Mat's 42 knot crash and Brians appropriate philosophy. Thankfully, in both Mat's and my case, there was no lasting pain.



look on the bright side. if you did break your back you're already at the shore.

mikey100
QLD, 1099 posts
12 May 2020 5:57AM
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Gestalt said..

sailquik said..
Doin' The Dance!
After doing almost exactly this myself last Saturday, I relived it with Mat's 42 knot crash and Brians appropriate philosophy. Thankfully, in both Mat's and my case, there was no lasting pain.




look on the bright side. if you did break your back you're already at the shore.


Now there's a 'silver lining' for you.

berowne
NSW, 1531 posts
13 Jun 2020 9:32AM
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Sandbar?

John340
QLD, 3365 posts
13 Jun 2020 12:54PM
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mikey100 said..

Gestalt said..


sailquik said..
Doin' The Dance!
After doing almost exactly this myself last Saturday, I relived it with Mat's 42 knot crash and Brians appropriate philosophy. Thankfully, in both Mat's and my case, there was no lasting pain.





look on the bright side. if you did break your back you're already at the shore.



Now there's a 'silver lining' for you.


Except that while you clear your head, check your ribs, test movement in your extremities and gather yourself together, your gear is pushed offshore at a great rate of knots by the 40kt wind,



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