1)If you have ever sailed so fast the spray hits your face like a thousand needles.
2) Trapezing.... your anti-drug.
3)If you've hiked out soo hard that your quads just felt like they were going to burst from all the pain.
4)If you have ever felt the rush of when a huge gust of wind crashes into your sail and takes you.
5) The words "port" and "starboard" are more familiar to you than left and right.
6) You had to put a red dot on your right hand and a green dot on your left hand to pass your road test.
7) You have considered getting a tattoo of and anchor.
8) You know that Lotus makes lifejackets, not race cars.
9) That's how you roll... tack.
10) Whether a college has a sailing team makes or breaks your decision to apply there.
11) The only thing more fun than a turtle is righting a turtle.
12) You have ever felt the urge to keelhaul that motherfucker who barged in on your layline at the start.
13) You're a gentle, loving person who turns into a raging, furious beast once you hear the 1:30 mark.
14) The word "spinnaker" puts a smile on your face.
15) People who say sailing isn't a sport should be forced to walk the plank.
16) You have acted out scenes from Titanic while cruising.
17) You REALLY understand where the phrase "swearing like a sailor" comes from.
18) You know that friends don't let friends sail high... from experience.
19) You know that team racing is more fun.
20) You're in the sun all day long, but your gear means that the only tan lines you get are from your sunglasses and fingerless gloves.
21) A booty call is what happens when someone loses their dinghy boots.
22) You know what boot juice is, and that is smells even worse than your sailing bag.
23) The finger L trick to tell left from right doesn;t work for you, becuase neither hand makes a P or an S.
24) You know that sailing has the greatest number of dirty jokes of all sports.
25) You know that the word "trapeze" has nothing to do with the circus.
26) Your idea of a good pick up line is, "I'll pull on your forestay anyday."
27) You know how to pronouce the words gunwale and leeward.
28) Three words: Ease, Hike, Trim.
29) You can't have a conversation without bringing up sailing at least once.
30) You've ever began a story with "So, this once time, while sailing..."
31) You'd rather get a boat than a car.
32) You know that death threats do, in fact, make you a better sailor.
33) You live, breathe, sweat, eat, and sleep sailing
34) You've finally learned to accept tan lines, and stopped trying to prevent them. cause you know that no matter how hard you try- they will be back
35) You know what a harbour dunk is...
36) You are or know someone who is never seen without their Mount Gay Rum hat.
37) You've excepted that you can't tell sailing stories to your friends, because teh just don't get it.
38) You forget what your school friends look like during the summer
39) You wake up, drive somewhere, go sailing, go home, go to bed, and repeat it all over again.
40) You can make anything, including wallets, sandels, and ties out of duct tape.
41) You can explain the physics behinde sailing better than you physics teacher/professor.
42) You've designed your own independant study class about sailing.
43) You know that Sailors don't do it better. Sailors do it BEST.
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