I'm glad you appreciate how lame it sounds. It was only a few days ago you were
criticizing me for preparing the boat with a compass & chart when sailing in my home
waters. You whacked a rock yesterday and haven't looked yet to see what you hit? Good
Grief!!!



"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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And hitting a rock! I know the old sayings that all sailors have touched
bottom on
occasion, but most of us only take risks like that when gunkholing, or scrape
the mud in a

My only excuse...and man, it's lame!...is that I've sailed that area a hundred
times and felt I was well clear of the rocks. The visual landmarks appeared
correct from memory...and they weren't. I was lucky that the boat wasn't flying
at that moment or I may have done damage.
I plan to have a look at the charts today and see what's what. I'm guessing
that the P30 would not have touched bottom.

RB