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Old 28 March 2007, 21:38   #1
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What happens if you drop a Sunseeker...

...100ft to the ground - you may have seen this in the magazines...

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Old 28 March 2007, 23:09   #2
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I see it's got a few stress cracks.
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Old 28 March 2007, 23:32   #3
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It'll polish out.

Now if they had the crane drivers face as it happened on youtube...


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Old 28 March 2007, 23:41   #4
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That's the one that the Irish bloke who'd been marooned on a desert island for 15years found. He smashed it up and built a raft out of it.
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Old 29 March 2007, 01:40   #5
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Humpty dumpty

I would hate to be the person responsible for the "drop". Think he'll be looking for a new job? I would also hate to be the new owner... ex owner...
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Old 29 March 2007, 08:14   #6
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What happens when you let gaRf loose with a crane...
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Old 30 March 2007, 17:05   #7
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Now if they had the crane drivers face as it happened on youtube...
Or better yet, the riggers... Though they're probably off hiding somewhere.

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Old 30 March 2007, 17:23   #8
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I take it Sunseekers aren't too hot in the rough stuff then !

or

Thats after a day in Nos4r2's hands on a RIBNET meet.
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Old 30 March 2007, 18:32   #9
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I would hate to be the person responsible for the "drop". Think he'll be looking for a new job? I would also hate to be the new owner... ex owner...
I would not fancy being the chap phoneing the owner "good morning sir, well you see............. "
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Old 30 March 2007, 19:22   #10
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I think the video had the wrong music.
It should have been the "hamlet cigar" advert music.
as in:-

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