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12-09-2008, 01:42 PM | #1 |
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Greasy Pole
Can some one please make this happen. This would be really fun off the Weirs Pier.
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12-09-2008, 02:57 PM | #2 |
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yikes!
I think my voice will be up a couple octaves for a bit just from watching that!
Does look like a hoot though. |
12-09-2008, 03:28 PM | #3 | |
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I hope the good folks at the Greater Laconia-Weirs Beach Chamber of Commerce give this serious consideration. What the Weirs needs is events that draw in people and are easy to run. I believe this would fall into that category. Do it a few times a year! R2B |
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Winnipesaukee has too many buzz-kill laws (and I'm really not trying to start a forum war) for fun events like this to proliferate.
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12-09-2008, 04:27 PM | #5 |
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I think it could be pulled off, staying within the laws, keeping separation and so on. The first thing that popped into my head was insurance and liability I am sure who ever owns the Pier would never be OK with that kinda Risk. It is the only place I can think of to put something like this together. Is there any other place, maybe build one?
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12-09-2008, 06:37 PM | #6 |
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Greasy Pole walking
Looks good! Except we will do it in Centre Harbor! We do everything better in CH!
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12-10-2008, 12:10 AM | #8 |
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anything that floats...
I've also seen this several times... from land AND from sea. My wife is from Gloucester so we used to make a weekend of it every year (the greasy pole runs both Sat and Sun, and there are boat races, a parade, and general all out hooligan-ism.
One year 4 of us loaded into my Coleman Crawdad with a cooler full of, um, refreshments, fired up the trolling motor, and put putted out to watch the festivities. I can't believe we didnt sink. It seemed like a good idea at the time! It was the next year or so that I bought my first real boat, what a difference that made. |
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That's true. And, a gender discrimination suit will obviously be filed. The owners of the pole shown in the video were clearly discriminating -- I didn't see one single woman walk that pole. I'll bet they had bouncers at the starting gate holding the ladies back.
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Greasy pole
We have done some regatta patrols out of USCG station Gloucester for the greasy pole. It is a celebration for the Gloucester fishermen's safe return and dedicated to Saint Paul the protector of men (gender neutral) at sea.
The one that manages to make it to the end of the pole and grab the flag becomes a local hero for the year. Big bragging rights. I remember my Coxswain remarking about the idiots and fools on the pole. All I could think was that it looked like a lot of fun and I would like to give it a try. |
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