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Slinging from boats
Feb 12^th, 2007 at 6:31am

inspired by unsapiens return (nope I never heard of him either ;-) I was wondering if the problem of slinging from boats is the lack of readily available ammo.

So how's about ideas for stuff to sling from boats that you can find on the boat and that isn't actually essential to the safe running of said boat :-)

Can't think of anything that isn't food myself.

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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: Slinging from boats Reply #1 - Feb 12^th, 2007 at 6:35am Lead fishing weights comes to mind. Extra nuts and bolts of various size. Water balloons. An Octopus!!!
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Slinging from boats Reply #2 - Feb 12^th, 2007 at 7:06am right but people will probably want both the nuts and bolts and the fishing weights. octopus ? lol actually how about sea water ice cubes :-) 'course that would presuppose that you had a freezer on the boat. or were in the arctic/antarctic
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Dravonk Funditor Offline Posts: 773 Aachen, Germany Gender:	Re: Slinging from boats Reply #3 - Feb 12^th, 2007 at 7:10am Put a weight on the end of some long fishing line, tie the other end to the boat, grab the line 50 cm away from the weight and use it as a sling. Once you have thrown it you can pull it back on board. But depending on the slinging style you use you might entangle yourself in the line...
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lobohunter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline where be a rock and a string there be a sling Posts: 1945 Cottage Grove or Gender:	Re: Slinging from boats Reply #4 - Feb 12^th, 2007 at 12:33pm Dravonk's solution is very much like a cuban hand reel. I often use mine in a slinging style http://www.palmbaybaitandtackle.com/products/cubanyoyo.htm
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Reply #5 - Feb 13^th, 2007 at 7:59pm

Well I suppose I didn't post enough for anyone to remember me Embarrassed

In any case, Water balloons are the name of the game if your gonna sling from a boats.
If your going to sling from a sailboat, I strongly discourage anyone from slinging rocks, nuts, bolts or anything hard as there is simply not enough room to do it safely. The chances od damaging someone or something on the boat too great. (I generally don't like holes in my sails)

Well off to class

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Mordechaj Funditor Offline I love Slinging.org! Posts: 576 zagreb, croatia (europe) Gender:	Re: Slinging from boats Reply #6 - Feb 14^th, 2007 at 4:49am Unsapien wrote on Feb 13^th, 2007 at 7:59pm: Well I suppose I didn't post enough for anyone to remember me -Unsapien you wrote that just so that you could read us disagreeing with that well, i remember you. nice to have you back
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Dravonk Funditor Offline Posts: 773 Aachen, Germany Gender:	Re: Slinging from boats Reply #7 - Feb 14^th, 2007 at 7:50am Unsapien wrote on Feb 13^th, 2007 at 7:59pm: In any case, Water balloons are the name of the game if your gonna sling from a boats. More waste in the sea? But hey, Tint would get another target!
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Slinging from boats Reply #8 - Feb 15^th, 2007 at 8:48am if you're worried about waste then how about slinging small, frozen jellyfish ?
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Dravonk Funditor Offline Posts: 773 Aachen, Germany Gender:	Re: Slinging from boats Reply #9 - Feb 15^th, 2007 at 8:54am Poor, poor jellyfish. You have got a freezer on board? And Unsapiens point was not to sling anything that could be dangerous to your sails. I guess ice hitting your sail can damage it. I'd sling a box jellyfish; unfrozen!
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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: Slinging from boats Reply #10 - Feb 15^th, 2007 at 10:55am Octopus!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Or Squid........Yeah that's the ticket!!!!!
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Slinging from boats Reply #11 - Feb 16^th, 2007 at 6:41am nah you see you can eat the octopus and squid :-) but them little jellyfish are just asking for it :-) freezing and slinging probably wouldn't kill them anyway :-)
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Unsapien Senior Member Offline "Sling your words like cannon balls."Vari, M.Twain Posts: 304 Davis, Ca Gender:	Re: Slinging from boats Reply #12 - Feb 20^th, 2007 at 7:15pm [/quote] you wrote that just so that you could read us disagreeing with that [/quote] Guilty as charged If you really want to toss water around use latex ballons, apparently they degrade well. Can't say much for preventing wildlife from eating them though -Unsapien
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