Stupid Guest Tricks

delsdad wrote:And the bashed up fiberglass on the bows always drew heat from the yacht club. Full contact sailing is what it was !

It's the price of conducting Junior Sailing. Most of the divits are done while trying to figure out what it's all about.

There are a few weasels who will ram another boat on purpose. In not much more than 32 milliseconds they experience Death From Above in the form of one or more instructors who make it very clear that type of behavior could lead to being duct taped to a bar stool and rotated in a rapid fashion by some of the club barflys who will take bets on how long it will be before the kid pukes.

We spend anywhere from three to five weeks every April repairing damage from the previous year. Accidents we can live with. On purpose, not so much.

Wonderful Pictures Hobie! :)
Be sure and take some of the boat-crashers post-punishment as well! :twisted:

DisneyMom wrote:Wonderful Pictures Hobie! :)
Be sure and take some of the boat-crashers post-punishment as well! :twisted:

Thanks!

This week's group had no punks. By Thursday afternoon they were blazing around the buoys with good sail trim and some pretty good boat speed.

ktulu wrote:Pirates in training?

They're a little young for rum, aren't they?

BRWombat wrote:They're a little young for rum, aren't they?

You have to start sometime...

On Wednesday the wind was gusting up to 36 knots so the kids decided to walk out to the reef.

Sales of the nectar of the gods (rum) are way up. Can a resurgence in tiki bars be far behind?

hobie16 wrote:On Wednesday the wind was gusting up to 36 knots so the kids decided to walk out to the reef.

Did they happen to see Crush surfing?

hobie16 wrote:Sales of the nectar of the gods (rum) are way up. Can a resurgence in tiki bars be far behind?

You mean there aren't enough of them in Hawaii? Or are you thinking of maybe starting a chain of "Hobie's Tiki Huts" and spreading out to the Mainland? ;)

Surprisingly, no. Maybe it's because real tikis are expen$ive. Here's a funny story about alternatives.

A friend operates a luau at the Westin Hotel. The Westin wanted to dress the venue up but didn't want to spend a lot of money on real tikis so they had foam ones built. Some carpenter bees discovered them and moved in.

All was well until the night of the first performance with the new tikis. The sleeping bees, awoken by the heavy drums, decided to visit the dancers, musicians and tourists who all beat a hasty retreat.

Raid and other bug sprays were tried but nothing worked so the foam tikis were eventually replaced with wooden ones.