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Stingo
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Re: WTF Happened?

16/05/2008 15:54

Yes, a lighting strike.

The owner was aboard at the time and came rushing out into the cockpit, with eyes like a raped owl. He couldn't string a sentence together for ages - he just mumbled incoherently. Peeps in the pub nearby report that the mast glowed from the heat for quite a while. The stays were blacken with soot like stuff, which washed off after the next rainfall.

The fanbelt is as hard as rock and all the electronics were cooked.

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
WTF Happened?	Stingo	16/05/2008 15:10
Re: WTF Happened?	LittleShip	16/05/2008 16:03
Re: WTF Happened?	Kitten_Felix	16/05/2008 15:19
Re: WTF Happened?	Stingo	16/05/2008 15:28
Re: WTF Happened?	tillergirl	16/05/2008 15:48
Re: WTF Happened?	Morgana	16/05/2008 15:48
Re: WTF Happened?	Stingo	16/05/2008 15:54
Re: WTF Happened?	innesker	16/05/2008 17:16
Re: WTF Happened?	dipper	16/05/2008 17:26
Re: WTF Happened?	Kitten_Felix	16/05/2008 23:00
Re: WTF Happened?	wafu77	16/05/2008 18:15
Re: WTF Happened?	dk	17/05/2008 06:00
Re: WTF Happened?	Stingo	17/05/2008 10:03
Re: WTF Happened?	capnsensible	16/05/2008 17:25
Re: WTF Happened?	Krew2	16/05/2008 15:50
Re: WTF Happened?	Iota	16/05/2008 15:15

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