Post #1624317

2026-04-20 15:36 UTC

A(nother) &#39;senior&#39; humiliation: While loading and stowing personal gear aboard Wrack again, I had to cross from the deck of our marina neighbour&#39;s Catalina 34 sailboat to Wrack, over a gap of maybe a metre, in dead calm conditions. I ended up in the sea. ‪ I blacked out for a second. Then, disoriented, I reached for rigging that wasn&#39;t there and fell between the hulls, my ribs and wrist hitting Wrack&#39;s gunwhale. The water was bloody cold. I managed to swim, fully clothed, to a barnacle-encrusted ladder from which I was pulled onto the dock. ‪ I tried to stand up, with the help of three &#39;marineros&#39; (marina workers), but couldn&#39;t so I lay on the dock for 15 minutes to regain my stability — and, it has to be said, my sodden dignity. Below, the lurid souvenirs:

Replies (7)

@tend2wobble@toad.social 2026-04-20 15:39

@ccohanlon Maybe a doc visit before you head back to sea? Make sure you haven’t fractured a rib??

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@neauoire@merveilles.town 2026-04-20 15:40

@ccohanlon woah! that's my nightmare, we know lots of folks who've lost someone they knew like that, falling between the boat and the dock and getting stuck under or freezing to death in the dark unable to find the ladder. Glad you're alright, other than a few bruises.

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@rek@merveilles.town 2026-04-20 15:44

@ccohanlon those are nasty-looking bruises. Glad you're mostly ok, though that is a terrible experience.

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@yngmar@social.tchncs.de 2026-04-20 15:48

@ccohanlon Yoinks, that looks like it hurt. One of our former pontoon neighbours did this, twice, although alcohol was involved in his case. The first time a marinero noticed and fished him out. The second time, late at night, nobody was there and it was his last swim :-(f I've only managed an inelegant backflip out of the dinghy once, but I did another stupid thing instead 😬

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@csepp@merveilles.town 2026-04-20 16:31

@ccohanlon Oh damn, glad you're ok. It seems like accidents always happen when one is doing something mundane and their guard is down. :flan_yikes:

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@gosha@merveilles.town 2026-04-20 16:56

@ccohanlon damn, that is scary! I’m glad you’re in one piece…

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@oblomov@sociale.network 2026-04-20 17:33

@ccohanlon JFC that looks bad, but glad you got out at least

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