My first sailing injury is by far my worst.
I was 11 at the time and had just started sailing lessons about 2 weeks ago. There was a REALLY strong wind out and I was with my "sailing buddy". What happened was that I was staring at the view and not paying attention and before I knew it my "buddy" sailed the boat to the right and the boom came at me with full force I was knocked uncouncious and ended up getting stitches .. I practically flew off the boat and needless to say I ALWAYS pay attention now .. and I tend to duck a bit more than necessary when moving around the boom.