Ok, my harrowing tale...
When I was about 17, I decided that I was done "racing" sunfish, and that I needed a good cat to step up to. So I sold all 3 of my sunfish and my Hobie 16 and bought a 1993 Hobie 18SX. It was yellow and black, had a nearly new (2000) trailer, and a gorgeous set of sails (sunkissed). I bought the boat used in Indiana, and had a friend pick it up for me. A week after I got it, I packed up and headed to the Governor's Cup at Kerr Lake, VA. I was driving on I-40 just outside of Greensboro when a mattress blew off a truck and this old lady decided to park on top of it in the middle of I-40. I was following a big Isuzu "box" truck at the time, running about 65 mph. Suddenly, the box truck got over and there she was, right in front of me. I locked up the brakes, and held on for dear life. I jackknifed with the boat (which hit me in the side first) and then the boat rolled over with the trailer at about 65 mph. Total carnage...I had to use my righting line to right my new boat in the middle of I-40. Of course, since I was 17, it obviously was my fault. Oh well...still sold the boat for a profit
Trey
N20 314
Layline Rigging
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