I nearly removed my small toe from my right foot by cutting it deeply (it took 3 metal staples at the emergency room to close it) while pulling up my starboard daggerboard just a moment too late. It was blowing, we were flying towards the beach on a deep reach, I knew we were running out of water so I dumped the main, jumped up onto my feet and ripped the board up, just as we did hit bottom with the other board, causing my bare foot to slide forwards into the aft edge (very sharp, obviously) of the board while I was pulling it up...

Bled like a stuck pig, all over the white boat. Then I hopped to the parking lot where a guy in a pickup truck happened to have a first aid kit and a cell phone, he wrapped it up, called the wife, left the boat, minus sails, for a week, to be collected later.

Another time, my son missed his trap hookup and fell in while we were on a fast reach, the rudder hit his shin hard enough to pop up, as the boat passed over him. I thought his leg was broken it hit so hard, but only bruised him. I had to promise him a trip to DQ not to tell his mom, but later that night after his bath she saw the bruise...and then the screaming started! (Look what you did to my Baby!!! he was about 7 at the time)

No wonder my wife won't sail with me... <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />