On Jan 4, 9:04*pm, wrote:
On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 17:42:34 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:









On Dec 29 2011, 9:09*am, wrote:
On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:33:27 -0500, Wayne.B

wrote:

http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2011-12-28/Boat-sinks-off-Key-W...

According to the news report they pulled the anchor from the stern
after it became stuck.

"We put it back on the stern to bring it up and we had power on it
and when we had let go, it snatched back and the waves filled the
stern up with water"

It's not clear if it was a low transom boat or not but it sounds like
it might have been.

They were saved by their EPIRB and life raft.

It is a recipe for disaster *to shorten the scope of the anchor line
and tug from the stern. Hell, anchoring from the stern isn't a good
idea, either, and for them same reasons.

I wonder how close to being drug under water the stern was, before the
stretchy rode yanked them back.

This guy isn't "unlucky", he's just stupid.

Maybe be just wasn't thinking with all the calamity? He might have
been 'lucky' hundreds of times, but this one really payed off...

I definitely would have cut the line. *that is if i would have
thought about it.

I still think these guys took a running start at this, based on what
the mate said on TV and when it didn't break the anchor loose they
snapped back and sunk the boat. I doubt they had time to cut the line.

Yeah, and it would seem they've done that trick before, with no
events.

"it ain't happened to us yet!"