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"Perhaps Team Frosty was not quite as ready for the Winter Series as they thought."..This week's caption contest is brought to you by CST Composites. Have fun!

02/07/07

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[Call Me Boomvang]

Up periscope, aye.

[sailsd]

Team Frosty did every thing they could to winterize their boat. They even filled the boat with water knowing that ice floats.

[Goldfinger]

Dammit I forgot to take the mast down

[MarsRacing]

Dude, where's my boat.

[Marie Laveau]

"Well, at least the beer's cold."

[stevedallas]

OK, I forgot. . .I am supposed to let it soak for how long to make it watertight?

[sailingjunky]

I don't know about you, but...i'm gettin' a little nippley. And i think we might be taking on some water. 'ear take another hit...

[The Condor]

Something went terribly wrong when deciding to build an advanced sailing bong!

[The Condor]

Guess we can cancel that order for the carbon rig!

[basketcase]

how long is it for one of these fucking wooden boats to 'take up'?

[hard aground]

Duuuuuuuuuuuude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's not an ice boat!!!!

At least the beer's still cold.

[Kalumder]

genius, no snow on deck.

[PKGB]

/this years winner of the iceboat series!!

[stickboy]

No, really! Trust me! This way there won't be any ice damage to the hull! Hold my beer, I'll show you.

[Captain Bastard]

Go the Snow Cone!

[Christian]

Who the hell are these blowhards, who think that a little booze and dope don't mix well with sailing?

Go the Snow Cone!

Good one!

[misconseption2348]

Yeah baby, my boat is right down here at the end of the dock

[Captain Bastard]

By February, Tom Kennedy would come to regret giving his wife a rechargable drill for Christmas.

[tenbow]

Cryogenic In-Water Storage, said to minimize hull flexing over the winter, is now available at your local marina.

[pluto]

"Local high school students put sailboat mast on block of ice, plan to sail it to Africa to be used as fresh drinking water."

[decaf]

When the skipper told me he was putting the campaign on ice I never thought he'd take it this far.

[Bacchus66]

Hmm, maybe I should have gotten the optional spikes on my deck shoes after all?

[Cement_Shoes]

Winterizing boat check list

#27 Put plug somewhere safe where you will remember to place it back in before spring commissioning.

CHECK!

[Pete M]

cheatin' J105 sailors - not on it's float lines

[SeaMad]

Imagine the shock when the Tillerman family returned to discover DT forgot to add that second hose clamp to the galley drain through hull! At least the heater was not in yet.

[tigger12]

Bob discovered the hard way that it really sucks to be in the experimental group in the new thru-hull silicone double blind test.

[T22]

Barring one bad seed, this years crop of Winter Sailboats nearly had a full yeild.....

T22

[SeaMad]

SF Bay Chronicle - After being advised repeatedly against launching his homemade trimaran, David Vann sits inside his aluminum cabin
in the Napa River.

[Mattock]

Ernesto takes unprecedented steps to hide Alinghi's true design direction for the next, 2019 AC campaign.

[Tim ND]

oneAustralia now on permanent display

[43577]

Sorry, I wont be participating in this years mid winters......

[skierdude585]

the newest idea for winter sailing, sailing under the ice

[skiffs101]

"I finally have worked out how to get rid of the drag"

or

"I was only trying to defost the fridge with a knife when all of a sudden the knife went through the hull"

[hogitz]

Cooler heads do not always prevail

[ockam-nokam]

The US Navy going back to their original roots tried to go a little "green" by putting a mast on a submarine.

[jimmyb]

and thats how you keep the beers cold on deck!

[eric e]

note to captain: add antifreeze to water ballast in freezing conditions

[WhiteLightnin']

Ice boat racing is apparently harder that I thought

This is the proper way to store a Macgregor26

[usa25889]

Boatsicles anyone?

[triplea]

"trust me, this way we won't have to keep shoveling the snow off the deck"...

[Bilbo]

There as got to be eaier ways to prepare for a Hobart race!

[capt nemo]

ice ice baby?!

[capt nemo]

Ice boat racing is apparently harder that I thought

This is the proper way to store a Macgregor26

very funny........lol!

[EagleFlyer]

If it's good enough for Ted William's Head.....

[nemesis]

Reason #7872721 to live in San Diego.

[Ross]

Now where did I put that drain plug?...

[podrick]

I said, we need to put ice in our drinks on the boat, not put the boat in the drink with ICE!

[Ozee Adventure]

I said, we need to put ice in our drinks on the boat, not put the boat in the drink with ICE!

"It's a strange metal wand with ice around it. I'm guessing that's significant!"

[spicoli]

Damn global warming

[planinghull]

How about this guy for sailor of the month? Start quakin' KWRW wannabees!!!

[eyeofstorm]

The new Guinness record for the largest frozen desert - a masticle!

[Star6825]

Researchers struggle to develop cryopreservation methods targeted at the marine industry.

[Derek Grebe]

"No sea too rough
no muff too tough
we dive at dawn"




"chaps, perhaps we can pretend that this is U571 and film a dramatic interpretation of the capture of Hitler's Enigma decoding machine during WWll.
The British and film going public will not notice that Americans are cast as the British that actually captured it, or notice that U571 was not the actual U-boat concerned in the incident. Pip Pip"

[nick125]

whats it rate?

[needsailing]

Jeeze! These Decks are like Ice.

[steveromagnino]

Tonya Harding misunderstood the notice of race at the midwinters.

[Akela]

If I was to tell you that I tied the springers too tight, would you be pissed!!!!

[needsailing]

Be Careful, the Decks are Slippy

[Steve.b]

Did the foredeck bring the grip-tape....?

[soundsail88]

In an effort to minimize surface effects, the budding naval architect may have taken the small water-plane area concept a bit too far…

[Steve.b]

Did anyone bring the ice-scraper..?

[Bilbo]

"Let me see, how does it go with the seacock. Turn left to open and turn right to close,or was it right to open left to close." ........ Dammit!!!!!!!!!!!!! I never get it right.

[Steve.b]

No worries, i brought my Dubarry's....

[Greever]

Anybody wanna go "Iceboating"?

[sarasailor]

Hey Jimmy, do you think we'll take a hit to our rating by increasing our wetted surface?

[Ryley]

I told you not to take my parking spot.


This wreck wasn't marked on the charts.

[Deck-Hand]

At least we got back to the dock with the mast up!

[catgirl]

Schock planning to reveal new 25' canter at 2008 Chicago Boat Show.

[YCpunk!]

Good thing we bought that new mainsail cover.

[nipper]

well you did ask me to "get some water over the deck to rince off the ice". you just didnt say how much.....

[NZL51]

In the interests of saftey, please keep all limbs and appendages within the confines of the submerged, sail powered icebreaker and all times.

[210 or 207]

Y flag in effect for todays racing.

[210 or 207]

They knew it was a good idea to leave the sail cover on...

[Black Sox]

One. Ping. Only.


BS

[BombAround]

I'm sorry Sir, but this does not meet the One-Design requirements.

[wayfarer1]

gee, you canadian's sure have a funny way of wet sanding the bottom.

[Gruesome]

Baby you've got to believe me! I swear I wasn't planning this when I said I wanted to put the old boat on ice and upgrade to a new FT10!

[snoochie poochie]

How much for just that part of the sailcover?

[KRC]

Look on the bright side skipper, at least the mast stayed dry!

[JeffR]

Well at least I don't have to shove the snow off the deck any more

[sailforbeer]

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[piradical]

I don't remember it being that big a step, tide must be out.

[Thinkpins]

We all live in a Sailing Submarine, a Sailing Submarine, a Sailing Submarine!!!

[big chicken]

Hey Shife, wake up! BYC just restocked the ice for the Burns-O-Matic 76! Now where did we put the liquor?

[mrgnstrn]

"Nothing to see here...move along.......Nothing to see here...move along everybody......."

-M

[Le Shark]

What do you say to three shillings and we forget the name...

[hard aground]

ust a side note - why do boats always list to port?

[Gregg]

Low Riderrrrrr!

[Hooah]

I thought snow was light and fluffy?

[Matt D]

We got a great deal on her, all we need is a hull.

[squidly]

So she wants half of everything I got? Tell her she's welcome to it...

[msfarrar]

Masts don't make for good snorkels, and next time you might want to go to the Carribean.

[fyschebone]

The Fifth Mode.

[clam6971]

Go Go Gadget Submarine!

or

Yeah, she she drafts a little more, but I think it'll be worth it.

[Saylrbouy]

"WTF!"

[TINO]

pretty bad case of frost bite!

[mainman]

Everyone said that global warming would raise the ocean's surface level!!!

[dynoflo]

"I prefer more freeboard."

[CaptainRocks]

Honey, did you close the hatch cover on the boat before we left for the winter?