"James Hahn" wrote in message
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Anchor had been down, but was dragging. Vessels were advised to move,
but by the time she got underway conditions were too strong to steer her
through the eye of the wind. She was riding very high, and the propeller
did not have enough grip to counter the windage. She was blown backwards
over a reef with the rudder hard over keeping her nearly, but not quite,
bow to wind.

It is almost identical to a grounding about 30 years ago just a few miles
north. In that case the skipper tried to 'granny' (turn downwind) but
didn't have the room and drove her on to the beach. Half of that vessel
is still there.

"MWB" wrote in message
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Cargo Law is a great website. In another newsgroup I frequent, there's a
poster that lives there.

Looking at the photos I was amazed the captain didn't drop the anchors.


Mark



Thanks for the info.


Mark