Capt. Rob wrote:
Actually Bob confessed to whacking a rock a mile from his slip, even
after his navigational error had been pointed out ...


Yep...it's true. In fact Over the past 11 years I've whacked TWO rocks.
In BOTH cases I knew exactly where they were, but was CERTAIN I still
had room to navigate.

Omigod! You knew exactly where the rock was but didn't know where you
were? You knew where you were but did know how the boat would turn?
Sorry, Bob, you were clueless!

When sailing in other areas of the Sound and NY
harbor I've yet to hit anything.

Are you bragging that you never hit a rock when there was more than 10
feet of water?

When we went to the Thimble Islands we
dragged through some mud...but we expected to.

It depends on where you were - the Thimbles are an exceptionally rocky
area - this is not a place to have any doubts.


RB
35s5...a boat with a draft of only 4.9!

Get a clue - this is not really a shoal draft boat.