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From: chuck (no email)
Date: Mon Apr 17 2006 - 18:59:57 EDT
i also lost a pair while doing an anchor check at 0300
and the boat rolled and lost my balance and the jib
line flipped them off. again an an xski instructor i
wear crookies all the time - from the time i get on to
the time i go home - i may look like a geek some times
but my glasses stay on
chuck and SoulMates
--- "Rosalie B." <> wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:52:15 -0500, you wrote:
> >We
> >haven't found a good solution for keeping them
> clean during rain. We have,
> >however, learned to carry at least 3 pair on the
> boat at all times because
> >he has leaned over while looking down and handling
> lines, etc., and lost his
> >glasses overboard several times. PITA.
>
> That has happened to Bob also, and he also lost a
> partial plate out of
> his pocket while tying the boat up.
>
> I had my glasses knocked off my nose by someone who
> threw me a line as
> we were casting off from the dock in Nassau and my
> glasses when into
> the harbor. After I got Bob to stop (he doesn't
> hear well), we went
> back into the slip and when the tide stopped
> running, we could see the
> glasses on the bottom. The water was clear enough
> that the self
> darkening lenses showed up against the sand. We got
> them out with a
> pool net.
>
> After that, I put one of those glasses retainers on
> my glasses when
> I'm aboard. I don't know what it is called, but it
> hooks to the legs
> of the glasses and goes around the back of the neck.
>
> Bob wears trousers with zip off lower legs and cargo
> pockets that zip
> or button up. He puts all that stuff in those
> pockets which are both
> less likely to be upsidedown and also more secure.
>
> grandma Rosalie
>
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