(Bobsprit) wrote in message ...
Through a series of rogue waves, bad tactics and bad weather, a storm is
blowing you ashore. There is sand. There are rocks. Engine is dead. There's no
time to get you tattered sails into something resembling an effective foil.
Behind you, your Zodiac dinghy is doing a dance, but it's still there at the
end of the tow line.
Forget how or why. You're IN THIS SITUATION. You're expecting to run aground
anytime....

What do you do? Abandon her? Try to ride her into soft sand? Drop the hook and
prey?

Not a quiz. Interested in hearing thoughts on this.

Capt RB

Start the dinks motor and tow your vessel out to safety.

Joe
MSV RedCloud

I wouldn't recommend getting off the boat in the conditions he described.
It's safer on the boat. I would put everything I could as far as anchor goes
in the water, get some sail up.. something is better than nothing, hand off
the helm to someone else, and get the engine going if possible.. If it just
wasn't going to work, and we were losing ground, I'd try and head for
the sand, with the idea of running it up as far as possible. Screw the boat
at this point, it's the people stupid. :-)

"Joe" wrote in message
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(Bobsprit) wrote in message
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Through a series of rogue waves, bad tactics and bad weather, a storm is
blowing you ashore. There is sand. There are rocks. Engine is dead.
There's no
time to get you tattered sails into something resembling an effective
foil.
Behind you, your Zodiac dinghy is doing a dance, but it's still there at
the
end of the tow line.
Forget how or why. You're IN THIS SITUATION. You're expecting to run
aground
anytime....

What do you do? Abandon her? Try to ride her into soft sand? Drop the
hook and
prey?

Not a quiz. Interested in hearing thoughts on this.

Capt RB

Start the dinks motor and tow your vessel out to safety.

Joe
MSV RedCloud

MSV RedCloud

Bwaaahahahahahahahaaa!
Now that I'd like to see!

Hey, Ozzy....6 years ago I used a Dinghy with a 4 hp to tow a 27 foot sailboat
off a dock that was on fire. The coast guard ordered me to stop the effort to
rescue the boat and I ignored them. I have pics of the huge fire taken
afterwards.

RB

Hey, Ozzy....6 years ago I used a Dinghy with a 4 hp to tow a 27 foot sailboat
off a dock that was on fire. The coast guard ordered me to stop the effort to
rescue the boat and I ignored them. I have pics of the huge fire taken
afterwards.

RB

Yep, but that wasn't in the middle of a storm on a lee shore

Nope, but the point is that in less than 10 knots on the boat's beam, it was
VERY hard to get her off the pilings. In a storm it just wouldn't happen,
noway, nowhow, even with a 9.9hp.

RB