Every single baseball style cap I have owned has ended up in the drink. I just can't keep those things on my head
Select to expand quoteandy59 said..
Every single baseball style cap I have owned has ended up in the drink. I just can't keep those things on my head
Nods knowingly ...... time to get a new head then ... one that fits the cap. 
Select to expand quotespongeblob said...
Lost my self respect overboard once.
No wait....
Make that twice.
Lost my lunch once and shortly after that lost the remainder of my lunch ... and every half hour after that tried to offer more ......
Many years ago I was on a spearfishing trip on the Barrier Reef. We had had a great day, I'd snapped my shooting line on a massive fish and needed to upgrade one of my shooting bands, so that night we all settled down to do some maintenance on our guns, swap stories and sink some cold ones.
At about 9pm the sun was well down, we had the outer lights on so we could see anything that came too close to the boat, and I was ready to test the repairs I'd done to my gun. Maybe it was the atmosphere, maybe it was due to having one coldie too many, maybe it was due to inattention when tying the knot, I don't know the full reason... but when I loaded the gun to test it, one rubber let go in a spectacular way and the whole gun jumped off my chest and out the stern of the boat, making a big splash. I could see the gun sinking, and in that split second I made the second mistake of my night. As quick as a flash I had my shirt and shorts off, and I dived into the deep to grab the gun. It only took about ten seconds to retrieve it, swim back onto the duckboard, and get back out of the water.
Obviously, while all this was happening, a boatload of raucous spearfishermen were all voicing their varied opinions as to whether I was making the best possible choice.
Meanwhile the captain, who was down below while all this was happening, raced on deck and had a very funny expression on his face when I emerged dripping from the stern, still clutching my precious gun. He was quick to inform me that just ten minutes earlier, on the other side of the boat, several sizeable sharks had been sighted, and perhaps it wasn't the best idea to go for a dip.
It's moments like that you remember 
A handheld GPS about 100 miles offshore. I was singlehanding. It floated. I tried and tried to retrieve it sailing back and forth while keeping my eye on it, coming within inches each time. But there was a nasty 6 foot chop that made the task impossible. At some point I just had to give up or risk breaking something else. I think a fishing net would be the proper solution.
And I consider sunglasses to be disposables, so I buy cheap pairs at an airport kiosk.
A full length glass batten, my gosh did that sink fast! A couple of towels, they don't sink as fast as a batten but they are impossible to return for.
I HAVE NEVER LOST A THING OVERBOARD!
BUT I've made a few donations to "king Neptune"
In the form of pins, shackles, sheaves, winch handles, battens, fishing lures etc, you get the idea!
BUT only as donations to "King Neptune" 
1. Ugly Stick fishing rod. Put it down for one second to have a drink and all I saw was bubbles.
2. Missus while racing dinghies. She fell out, I kept racing for a second before turning around.
1. Bought a brand new pair of Oakleys to go Hobie cat sailing in Bahrain when I lived there yeas ago. Lost them over the side about 2 hours later. As an aside it took another two hours to get upwind in 25 knots to get back to where we started. Very annoying.
2. Was enjoying a cruise around Keppel with a few family and friends. Inflatable over the side to go ashore. Mate standing in the inflatable. Pass him the outboard. He loses balance and makes a split second decision to dump the outboard on the rigid floor of the inflatable as he goes into the drink. Was defintely one of those magical slo-mo moments!
