i'm seeing a trend...

Ah, made my morning......maybe time for you take up drinking though, or just sty in a swimsuit until you have a drink!
 
My kinda girl....the h3$$ with the outfit and hair, save the boat stuff :thumbsup: glad you're ok
 
lakegirl you have made my day. I'm guessing my Galley Wench (GW for short) would have done the same thing, and I'm tickled that she would do it. My hat's off to you for sacrificing yourself (and your 'do) for the piece if eisenglass.

As you can tell from the above comments, you're every boat guy's heroine.
 
Lakegirl said:
Went on a nice boat trip downtown with 10-12 friends for Erics Birthday. Stayed in boat clothes for the lock-thru then changed when we got to the public dock downtown. New tall leather boots, tight jeans, sweater, cashmere scarf and boot socks..... I was a 10....seriously I was a 10!!!!. then eric says "put that small side canvas in before we leave the boat since the dogs are with us". Ok no big deal I'll just do it from the inside since I have my boots on and dont want to slip on the gunnel. Well, wouldnt you know it, I drop the canvas/isinglass piece. And of course it doesnt land on the gunnel,,,,,it goes in the water.
So I run and jump on the gunnel with the boat pole and try to push the piece back to the back of the boat. Nope, it starts to sink...NOOOOOOO. I friend is yelling at me"its not worth it" as I'm lying on the gunnel with one foot off the side of the boat and hanging by one arm trying to reach the insinglass. I'm yelling" I cant match this canvas!!" back and forth between us several times. The menfolk are tying the boat up on the other side. They have no idea anything is going on. About the time Tina yells for help- I go in(not on purpose). As I fall I know I have to get the isinglass, so I throw the boat pole and grab it. I get it and do a complete flip underwater. I come up in 62 degree water and immediatly began a one handed, boot soaked swim for my life toward the boat. I knew to concrentrate and swim fast because I would get tired soon with all that weight on me. Plus its always a fast current downtown at the docks. My buddies grabbed me out and took me downstairs to change. I was shaking so bad i couldnt grab anything. I had so much of an adrenaline rush I couldnt even tell you what temperature the water was.
It took three days to dry my phone out(still works), three coats of bear grease on my boots to get them back to life. So all in all we lost a boat pole.
I wound up changing into my old boat clothes and heading out with a wet head to the birthday dinner with Eric.
I put on my best smile and joked "I bet he didnt know he was getting a mermaid for his birthday". lol

So the trend I've noticed is every time I have fallen I have been completely sober.......well , there you go....
thats the problem!!

Lakegirl
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OK Lakegirl: Great storie! Anytime we go out with the boat we are trying to not break anything or embarass ourselves in any way. This we call an "incident free" cruise. Well, I have to say you did definately have an "incident" and the best part is that we can all (including you) get a laugh out of it! Thanks for sharing such a fine story with us all. Griff4
 
AMFM3 said:
And...Carter steps in to save the thread from going directly to hell!

:)

Mark
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I just enjoyed having a cocktail with Lakegirl and Eric for the past two hours on the dock (darn cold in Chattanooga tonight!). Got to see the piece of "rescued isenglass" - great story and I agree with Captain Rusty.
 
My first mate went in once inadvertently when I was backing into a slip and shifted forward when she was on the platform and wasn't expecting it. It was in April and let's just say she didn't handle it nearly as well as you did.

As ken's pic points out, that may have been a pretty memorable birthday for Eric...
 
Lakegirl said:
Went on a nice boat trip downtown with 10-12 friends for Erics Birthday. Stayed in boat clothes for the lock-thru then changed when we got to the public dock downtown. New tall leather boots, tight jeans, sweater, cashmere scarf and boot socks..... I was a 10....seriously I was a 10!!!!. then eric says "put that small side canvas in before we leave the boat since the dogs are with us". Ok no big deal I'll just do it from the inside since I have my boots on and dont want to slip on the gunnel. Well, wouldnt you know it, I drop the canvas/isinglass piece. And of course it doesnt land on the gunnel,,,,,it goes in the water.
So I run and jump on the gunnel with the boat pole and try to push the piece back to the back of the boat. Nope, it starts to sink...NOOOOOOO. I friend is yelling at me"its not worth it" as I'm lying on the gunnel with one foot off the side of the boat and hanging by one arm trying to reach the insinglass. I'm yelling" I cant match this canvas!!" back and forth between us several times. The menfolk are tying the boat up on the other side. They have no idea anything is going on. About the time Tina yells for help- I go in(not on purpose). As I fall I know I have to get the isinglass, so I throw the boat pole and grab it. I get it and do a complete flip underwater. I come up in 62 degree water and immediatly began a one handed, boot soaked swim for my life toward the boat. I knew to concrentrate and swim fast because I would get tired soon with all that weight on me. Plus its always a fast current downtown at the docks. My buddies grabbed me out and took me downstairs to change. I was shaking so bad i couldnt grab anything. I had so much of an adrenaline rush I couldnt even tell you what temperature the water was.
It took three days to dry my phone out(still works), three coats of bear grease on my boots to get them back to life. So all in all we lost a boat pole.
I wound up changing into my old boat clothes and heading out with a wet head to the birthday dinner with Eric.
I put on my best smile and joked "I bet he didnt know he was getting a mermaid for his birthday". lol

So the trend I've noticed is every time I have fallen I have been completely sober.......well , there you go....
thats the problem!!
Lakegirl
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WOW, bit late but just read this, great story and great reactions you're obviously a member of the "true boating gal club", (always amazed at how many women pretend to be until they get 'em to the "alter", well done!
 
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