On 20 Nov 2006 07:26:52 -0800, "
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Frank Boettcher wrote:
On 19 Nov 2006 20:53:52 -0800, "
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Don White wrote:
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snip..
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.
snip...
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
snipped it..
Kathy cannot sail but is no wimp.
Sheri the same, will hike and backpack with me, wants me to get a
reservation to hike the Grand Canyon. Has had and raised three kids.
And although she likes to go, she cannot sail and has no desire to
learn. I used to give her the "you've been on boats for thirty years
and still don't know the difference between a sheet and a halyard" but
now I just consider her a passenger and don't expect anything else.
Far less fighting aboard.
Frank