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[Midnight]

So after over thirty years boating and just getting back to the moorings after an epic journey including the Wash, Thames and Rochdale canal, for the first time - I fell in! 

Embarrassing or what?

 

[Hudds Lad]

Just now, Midnight said:

Embarrassing or what?

Surely that depends on the spectator count, if nobody saw it then it didn't happen  

[Jon57]

1 hour ago, Midnight said:

So after over thirty years boating and just getting back to the moorings after an epic journey including the Wash, Thames and Rochdale canal, for the first time - I fell in! 

Embarrassing or what?

 

Yep. No mattress to break your fall.🤣🤣

[MtB]

1 hour ago, Midnight said:

So after over thirty years boating and just getting back to the moorings after an epic journey including the Wash, Thames and Rochdale canal, for the first time - I fell in! 

Embarrassing or what?

 

 

Does that make you a "proper boater" at last?!! 

 

[Mad Harold]

1 hour ago, Midnight said:

So after over thirty years boating and just getting back to the moorings after an epic journey including the Wash, Thames and Rochdale canal, for the first time - I fell in! 

Embarrassing or what?

 

Were you celebrating getting home a bit too soon?

Look on the bright side, you may boat for another thirty years before falling in again. 😜

[Tonka]

7 minutes ago, MtB said:

 

Does that make you a "proper boater" at last?!! 

 

It's only idiots who fall in that say that

[Hudds Lad]

4 minutes ago, Tonka said:

It's only idiots who fall in that say that

Similarly the ones that bump your boat then cheerfully tell you "It's a contact sport"  

[Mike Tee]

Was it a wake up call for possibly a lightweight life jacket thing?

[Snakey]

The odds of someone watching are proportionate to the stupidity of the act!

[MtB]

34 minutes ago, Tonka said:

It's only idiots who fall in that say that

 

 

How many times have you fallen in and said it then?

 

So far?

 

 

 

 

[Tonka]

4 minutes ago, MtB said:

 

 

How many times have you fallen in and said it then?

 

So far?

 

 

 

 

Actually never said it but have fallen in many times

[Midnight]

37 minutes ago, Snakey said:

The odds of someone watching are proportionate to the stupidity of the act!

 

Nobody saw me go in, but this was a bit of a give-away 😆

 

[BWM]

I recently did a full on Jacques Coustou, head first, straight into the silt. I was only filling a watering can!

[Cheshire cat]

Better October than February

[Victor Vectis]

I'm glad there were people about the last time I went in.

I could stand on the bottom but I doubt I would have been able to get out without their help.

[magnetman]

About 23 yars ago (winter of the new milenium) I slipped in under a bridgehole on the Shroppie. It was proper deep and very cold. Luckily I had someone with me who was able to help me out. Without this assistance and it was a remote area I think it would have been curtains. 

 

Last time I fell in was in the Thames in mid summer after having one or two cold beers and standing up in the canoe to pass water. One loses one's balance rather easily. 

 

 

 

 

Splosh. But it was warm and sunny so not a problem and I can reboard the vessel from the water without trouble. 

Edited October 11, 2023 by magnetman

[Jon57]

54 minutes ago, Midnight said:

 

Nobody saw me go in, but this was a bit of a give-away 😆

 

No underpants frank. Hope the curry wasn’t too strong.🤣🤣

[Midnight]

21 minutes ago, Jon57 said:

No underpants frank. Hope the curry wasn’t too strong.🤣🤣

I photoshopped the kegs out, X-rated

[Sea Dog]

1 hour ago, Cheshire cat said:

Better October than February

Confirmed. I've tried February - it's about as cold as it gets.