I have collected a couple more injury stories. David White got a nasty gash in his hand during a Worrell 1000. He had a fixed-blade knife in a sheath, and somehow it fell out onto the tramp at night. He did not realize it had fallen out. When he grabbed a sheet, he got the knife, too, and it slashed his hand. (Of course, if we start talking about the Worrell 1000, there are all sorts of injuries, including broken bones.)

In just normal situations, David also gashed his hand on a Hobie 17 Sport. He says it has jib tracks on the main beam. He lost his balance or something and his hand ended up skidding down the track, and it sliced his hand pretty good. (He was not wearing sailing gloves at the time.)