In article .com,
"Capri" wrote:

Anyone else have any good grounding tales?


Honga River on the Chesapeake. We're tooling along in 35' of water, no
buoys to be found -- I was looking for the next one -- when all of a
sudden, we nose forward, the depth (ahead of the keel) reading 3.5'.
Back off a boat length, 35' again. Forward a little to port, slower: 3.5
again. Sat for a few minutes before guessing that the nearer shore was
the way to head. The red was almost on the shore when I finally found
it. I've never had good luck in that area of the Bay, though that was
the only time we touched.

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Jere Lull
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