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

Drop the anchor immediately and start work on plan B.

Cheers MC

Bobsprit wrote:

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

Anchor, if there's enough room to make this feasible, otherwise run up on sand.

If you anchor, even if it is marginal holding, it buys time to come up with a
more proper solution. Running up on the beach may seem attractive, but more
often then not the boat is lost. Abandoning the vessel is giving up on it, and
there's no guarantee the dink is any safer.


"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

Drop the hook. Start thinking, the passengers job is to pray.
"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

Actually their job is to get a new headsail out.

Cheers MC

The Carrolls wrote:

Drop the hook. Start thinking, the passengers job is to pray.
"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

I agree
"The_navigator©" wrote in message
...
Actually their job is to get a new headsail out.

Cheers MC

The Carrolls wrote:

Drop the hook. Start thinking, the passengers job is to pray.
"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

Chrome anchor immediately!

"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

(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
om...
(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

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