On 19 Nov 2006 20:53:52 -0800, "
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Don White wrote:
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They tow us to the dock
and I go to pay. By this time I was seriously happy to be off the boat
with my wife so even *the astonishing cost of $480* didn't faze me
much. It was $10/ft for the ungrounding (28' sailboat) and then $165
minimum and a couple other fees.
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Whoo hoo! Around here the Coast Guard...or some friendly boater will
always come to the rescue...for free.
Re-thinking this, I regret posting it. It has me blaming my wife for
my predicament when I had nobody but myslf to blame. If I had
displayed much more confidence and a fun atitude I could probably have
talked my wife into enjoying the overnight grounding. Unfortunately, I
consider sailing to be an excercise in problem solving so I do not sail
for the same reasons she does. I DID invite her. I apologize.
David OHara
Tough day, but been there. You should know better. You sail in keel
scraping land to start with and you got a north wind. Bars become
islands, charts are suspect, and you can rarely get through a sail
without a bump and a "where the hell did that come from".
Fortunately, never had my wife with me while I waited for a southwest
wind and the tide to bring back the water. if the specs were biting
or I could get my cast net over some smoking mullet, it never bothered
me to wait it out.
Frank