[quote=dmgbear55]Using that way back machine again, I was taking a potential new 5.2 customer out for a sail on Puget Sound and the wind picked up nicely after we left the marina. Everything was going great and the guy was having a fantastic time when he lost his footing and did that Tarzan act swinging on the wire way out in front of the boat and then crashing hard into the main beam. The boat was still going seriously fast, there was green water coming over and around the guy hooked on the wire. The boat was trying to run him over, he was gasping for air and what I really wanted to do was come to weather and slow down, but that was impossible, what the boat really wanted to do was go even faster by falling off (I know many of you have been in this situation too). I didn't like the idea of flipping the boat to stop fearing with him stuck on the wire still he could be further trapped, so I just yelled at this poor guy and told him that he had to pull himself up on deck and after a bit he did just that. Then I could round the boat up and see what condition he was in. Generally not good, serious bruising to the ribs, frozen to the bones and completely exhausted.
I sailed gently back to the marina got him dried out and sent him on his way. I asked him if he had had fun and was still interested in buying the boat. No reply. Geez the guy was a psychiatrist he should have been up for some abby normal adventure and excitement!
Oh well.
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