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his month's Caption Contest(!) inspired a number of different ideas in readers' minds. The West Wight Potters were called out with reference to the small blue head, or, as some people suggested, garage in the background. Nature also got a serve — judging from some of the comments we received, this has happened to others before this unfortunate sailor. "Who put that tree there? I've seen this happen at @stocktonsc1933 a lot." — @livelaughlove0528. And Pat McIntosh was even more specific. 'HEY – – this is not funny – – I know exactly where THAT tree is at BROWN's RAVINE at Folsom Lake!" We offer our sincere commiseration to anyone who has personally been in this situation. But back to the humor, which, they say, is a good way to view many difficulties. We leave you with this month's winner and top 10 comments.
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82-year-old Retired Navy Chief
EMERYVILLE
"N
obody's perfect, but if you can sail, you're pretty close." — The internet, somewhere.
RICHMOND
SAN PABLO
EMERYVILLE
OAKLAND
ALAMEDA
Winner: "Sailor and inventor Bob's first attempt at the combination mast rudder didn't go so good." —Vince Clements.
"Edgar's concept for a floating A-frame house still had a few kinks to work out." — William Willcox. "I've got nothing else to fish my keys out of the porta-potty." — Mike Sowers. "New sport! Javelin sailing. Gone awry." — Cathleen Mayers. "SV Broken Wing." — @maritimemedicalguides. "Let's see if I can jerry-rig this lamp post." — Robert Birnie. "A few Viagras and that mast will be good as new." — Dennis Palmer. "Now, how do I connect the propeller?" — Becky Lacey Elmore. "Wow! This mast/boom combo from IKEA is a real time-saver!" — Larry White. "It's supposed to do that, right?" — Delores Flora. "This is how I fit it on the trailer." — Tom Drechsler.
RICHMOND
ALAMEDA
BERKELEY & SAN LEANDRO
OAKLAND
EMERYVILLE
RICHMOND
SAUSALITO
SAUSALITO
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