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Running Aground
I ran aground at our marina last month. - It turned out that the bottom
near the pier in the section at which I attempted to dock the boat had a localized shallow area due to earth seeping down from the bank adjacent the pier, leaving a depth of only 1.5 feet or so. - (I had actually checked the depth along most of the pier earlier and found it to be 4-6 feet, but I missed the one section at which I attempted to dock.) Since it was at the pier, I was able to lift the rudders and centerboard and rock the boat off the bar. This is one advantage of a boat with retractable keel or dagger board, in that it's usually possible to raise the board and float the boat into deeper water. Jim Capri wrote: In another post here a new sailor asked about what to do when he runs aground. He was smart enough not to ask what to do WHEN not IF he runs aground. For even though you have the best charts and atre the most diligent about watching where you are going you will eventually run aground. MY first experience with it was on the ICW south of Cocoa and Just North of the Pineda Causeway. Beautiful day. Wind out of the east all sails pulling full, Main, jib and Mizzen, running down what I thought was the middle of the channel making at least 6 knots, when all of a sudden we hit a sand bar in about 2 feet of water. Maggie Mae drew about 4.6. so all of a sudden we were hard aground heeled over on the side. I made sure everyone was OK then proceeded to call Sea Tow, Thank goodness we had a contract with them so it didn't cost anything for them to take us off. I had let the boat wander just a few yards out of the channel. All my fault. Never happened again. Well, execpt for the night the anchor dragged when we were all asleep onboard.......but thats another story. Anyone else have any good grounding tales? |
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