[quote=Edchris177]Ha Ha....actually I'm laughing with you, not at you. We were 3 up on the 5.7 this summer in 20mph wind, broad reaching.
As I came down a wave, I steered a bit to far downwind, dumping the speed. We had the ill luck to time that with a sudden drop in the wind. One fellow on the wire Peter Panned out and around to the mast. He would have missed it, but reached out & snagged it on the way by.
I don't know if it was a diamond wire, or the mast, but his arm looked a lot like yours. It bruised up in minutes, so we knew the damage was shallow.
I have sustained bruises, though not nearly to your extent, when sitting on the hull cruising, main cleated, using the shroud as a backrest, (I like a backrest on 2 hour legs). A sudden gust lifts the boat. If you slide down the tramp, you are going swimming. An arm around the shroud saves the swim, but boy does it bruise. My wife says it is not the impact, but the fact that even 1/4 of your weight being held by 5/32" area exceeds tissue strength. Essentially you are cutting through your arm with a very dull knife, & tons of surface capillaries rupture, hence the very quick discoloration. Looks even worse after it morphs into yellow & green![/quote]
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