The one with the bucket in lieu of a helmet gives a new meaning to the term brain bucket.

I always wanted a sail boat as a kid but didn't get one until I was 38...never dreamed I'd have a new 37 footer. My Dad remarked..."I never knew you wanted to sail"...He loved our Sunday afternoon sails with my wife making his favorite lunch...BLT on raisin toast!

My Wife and I attended many sail boat shows, boarding each one until we found one that felt like home. We lived on it with 3 Maltese pups while I built our house.

Us, too. It was the best of times, even when we had to buy a second bedroom for thekids--a 20' English built twin keel sloop. They used to sail out to Blake Island and tie up to a bouy overnight, coming home with fish, shells and driftwood the next day. The kids were 12 and 14 and responsible. It was a great way to grow up and to grow.

I never should have sold mine...we bought it new and had her 12 years.

I miss living aboard our 30' sloop in the Puget Sound. I actually had enought hours logged to qualify for a 6-pack.

Sounds like you had plenty of company...around long Island Sound and even the ocean out about 50 miles is pretty lonely. Maybe a whale or two, occasionally a Sub and a few Sunfish...which are a bit hard on the Rudder if you hit one.

:) Nope, just a pod of Orcas. Doggone critters were longer than the Fairliner.

Almost a 10...was there a shark near by?

Oh yes!

Does nearly going over the side without a life jacket count? My skipper just barely managed to grab my belt and yank me back into the boat (laughing too--in relief!)

"Wee black dog." When we do pony rides for parties I always tell the nice people, "No loose dogs, regardless of their size or training." Occasionally someone says, "Oh, Little Poopsie wouldn't hurt anything." Well, I don't want Little Poopsie underneath any of the ponies. You and I know why. Some others don't get it.

No bubble machines, neither. Same reason.

You are getting closer to an entry to this post...Laughing...keep trying.

Only applies on this post it you were standing on one foot at the bow when throwing the line.

Glad you didn't do that and were able to help.

Never ran into a situation like that with our 37ft Hunter but we did rescue a 12ft fiberglass dingy with a very heavy motor lost at sea just barely below the water. You can just imagine what would have happened if someone ran it over.

Rescuing a 34' heavy old motorboat whose captain had backed over the anchor line trying to pull it up when the storm hit. We were on a 27' Fairline, trying to throw him a tow line in 12 foot waves. Couldn't even see him half the time, but we succeeded in getting him and his lady to safe harbor.

One of my more heart-pounding moments happened when a wee black dog shot out of the underbrush yapping, right under my cantering horse's feet. He shot straight up, twisted in mid-air and came down running with me hanging onto his neck on one side and the saddle hanging on the other. The kicker was that 150 acre field full of gopher holes he was tearing across. We got a few hundred yards in before I got back on top and brought him to a shivering stop.

There are plenty of ways to get hurt when working with horses. My lost tooth and my funny-looking toes are a small indication.

I've never tried that crotch-jumping trick. Indeed, I only jumped once, and that was when my horse decided that a log across the trail needed jumping. She said she was going to jump it, and I promptly got into two-point position as I had learned in my lessons, and we jumped successfully. Didn't hurt the log, either.

Ah, but I hear it leads to crotch and hoof disease.

You mean like a rocket launcher?

Literally!

Laughing...have you tried any of these? I came close to the paining one...abet only one foot was used.

Did the South African think of turning the firearm upside down?

The jump over the guy doing the headstand is a standard trick. I found an online black-and-white photo of the same thing that looked like it was from 80 years ago or more. "Takes brass balls."

For more astonishing trick riding look up the Cossack riders. This article has a different picture of that same trick:
https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/326541...

Gun safety, my @$$!

Those are some classics, all right. Several of them look like applications for a Darwin Award, like the chainsaw one, the trampoline one, and the window cleaning ones. Oh, and the biking one. Several others just look like quick trips to the ER.

PPFFFFFFET LMAO