Most sailors have taken bottom at some time, but whacking a rock is another thing
entirely. That the rock is charted, well marked, a mile from your slip, and your crew
warned you about it, makes it pretty pathetic.

The fact that you keep comparing this to the more mundane scraping of soft mud means that
you just don't get it. I think this gives us a good idea of your real life navigational
skills.

jeff - sailed for 45 years and never whacked a rock!



CANDChelp wrote:
Rock.

Flat batteries.

Failure to buy new batteries on reaching land.

Plenty of sailors have run aground, most in fact. Forgetting
something at home that doesn't effect the voyage one bit is hardly a
major failing.
We're cruising to Norwalk this weekend. Look for the pics!

RB