Readers Share Their Wit

On Monday we couldn’t resist sharing the astounding video of the sloop Atalanta trying to squeak past the bow of an 870-ft long supertanker during Cowe’s Week off the Isle of Wight. Dozens of readers lent their wit to our caption/headline contest for the video. Below is a sampling:

"So what part of ‘starboard’ don’t you understand, you big red behemoth?" — Walter Conner.

"Tanker Foils Yachts Attempt to Steal Ships Anchor." — Jak Ayres

"And now our top nominee for the Sailor’s Darwin Award is. . ." or "Sailor’s cure for constipation" — Dan Begonia

"Diagnosis: Crew suffers from acute case of SFB (shit for brains)." — Patrick Okey

"In the immortal words of Jim Kilroy, ‘Mass times velocity equals right-of-way.’" — Chris Ericksen

"Vessel limited in her ability to maneuver runs down vessel limited in her ability to think." — Tim Schaaf

"Captain to crew, “hold my beer, watch this!" — Jim Van Cleve

"Does insurance cover new underwear?" — Bob C.

 "Sometimes it sucks to be the frontrunner! — Ken Fouts

And our favorite: "Artist Cristo attempts to wrap a supertanker in pink," submitted by Paul Clausen who will be receiving some ‘official’ Latitude 38 swag for his efforts.

Here it is again if you missed it. And yes, all the sailors survived physically, although their egos undoubtedly took a hellacious bruising.