Originally Posted by
Mojo31
Snakes on the boat is not a good thing.
BITD when I was racing and during a regatta, a guy in our fleet found a water moccasin under his pedestal cover on Saturday morning. Then, after the first start, he had a MOB. After recovering the guy, he then found his hull taking on water. Retirement followed.
After that, I always checked under the pedestal cover first thing upon boarding.
But it give you a chance to go all Samuel L. Jackson! "I am tired of these monkeyfighting snakes on this monkeyfighting plane!"
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