what is the most dangerous thing on a boat

[dylan winter]

A schedule.

you are correct

cape wrath is a pussy cat on the right day

and a nightmare on the wrong one

D

 

[MR.CLEAN]

frying pan

 

[Raz'r]

french toast?

tension-o-meter?

 

[shaggy]

Bananas

 

[dylan winter]

french toast?

tension-o-meter?

 

[Windward]

5200

 

[Keith]

a bungy cord.... with a schedule

 

[highwest]

Pyrex

 

[LB 15]

A highly paid profession navigator and a well charted reef.

 

[dylan winter]

Pyrex

care to elucidate

 

[Kirwan]

Captain, weather, boom... all good, logical choices... in the abstract.

The one item that makes me nervous every time I operate it is the stove. (although the Origa is much better than Pressurized white gas or Propane)

 

[dylan winter]

Captain, weather, boom... all good, logical choices... in the abstract.

The one item that makes me nervous every time I operate it is the stove. (although the Origa is much better than Pressurized white gas or Propane)

I agree - a gas stove makes me very nervous

which is why I use an Origo

petrol is a bit frightening.

This summer I was sailing a 26 footer with an inboard and my biggest fear was the lobster pots

in the Minstrel with a centre plate, outboard and kick up rudder they hold no fear for me

the other minor fear is falling over the side when messing with the anchor

D

 

[highwest]

Pyrex

care to elucidate

On a charter trip out of La Paz, first or second tack that starts to get a little tippy... Pyrex baking dish goes flying out of the unlatched oven and shatters into many pieces on the lee side of the cabin. Nobody one knew it was there till we heard the crash. Thankfully, no one was inside the cabin at the time.

 

[SloopJonB]

A calendar.

 

[Bob Perry]

Another bottle of scotch.

 

[Autonomous]

Even a nice smokey Speyside Highland Single Malt?

 

[JBE]

On , not sure.

If the question was in , I'd have said St Brandons shoals, and other 25 mile long hard things.

 

[floating dutchman]

An overconfident and inexperienced captain.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

Like this?

 

[Baldur]

Captain, weather, boom... all good, logical choices... in the abstract.

The one item that makes me nervous every time I operate it is the stove. (although the Origa is much better than Pressurized white gas or Propane)

on a serious note; most of the offshore races track injuries and the number one injury is burns in the galley. And most people have Propane these days. Hot oil or boiling water in a rocking boat, easy to get burned.

Other than that I will go with the overconfident and under experienced captain. Accident analysis of all types of accidents (marine or nearly any past time we pursue in mother nature) show the root cause of most are over estimation of the abilities of oneself / crew and/or your equipment.

 

[MasterRobin]

Lots of Water