|
Running Aground
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? |
Running Aground
"Capri" wrote in message
oups.com... 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? Was there no way to free yourself? I've grounded a bunch of times. They were all a learning experience. The best, or most interesting, was in the BVI. Anchored at Cooper, waited an hour or so, because it's notoriously hard to find a good spot. Everything looked fine. We went to dinner and got back about 11. The boat had moved about 40 feet onto a sand bar. It took until 2 am to free her... Kedge with the anchor on the main halyard. Then, we reanchord and I did a night dive on the anchor. |
Running Aground
"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? The first time I ran aground it was in the Patuxent under sail with my daughter #1 and SIL aboard. My SIL had just made a fool of himself by asking why we didn't have our boat in covered storage, so he was happy that he could go to work and tell everyone that his MIL ran aground. The second time I did it, we'd been in Indian Creek for a couple of days weathered in, and I temporarily forgot that the red was supposed to be on the left going down river, and tried to pass the red at the end of the sandbar on the right. The boat kind of stood on her nose, and our guest in the saloon fell and hit her head. grandma Rosalie |
Running Aground
Was there no way to free yourself? Capt We tried but with 13,000 lbs of boat hard aground and she would not move, tried kedging her off and heeling her even further all to no avail. May have tried a little harder if we did not have Sea Tow |
Running Aground
Capri wrote:
snip Anyone else have any good grounding tales? The only time I ran aground with me at the helm..was on a friends Viking 28 sailboat. There is a narrow channel between a point on the mainland and an island that is fun to pass through. You can only sail it on occasion when the wind is directly out of the north (run south) or vice versa. The predominant winds are southwest in the summer so the island quickly blocks the wind and we usually 'motor sail' through the narrow passage. The previous week, on our first time through on the Viking, conditions were perfect. We sailed right through and could almost touch the people on the banks. Following week, our skipper had a gang of people aboard and wanted to impress them. I warned him that the winds were different (night on our nose) for the way we were approaching (south to north). He insisted that we try, so I tacked as far east & west as possible...going inside a large red buoy on the theory that it was for larger fishing vessels. Next thing...bang/crash...looked overboard and all I could see were hugh boulders everywhere. What a time...the ladies were on the edge of getting panicky so we had everyone on the port rail and pointed the bow west. The wind was from the north so we hauled the main sheet in snug. This allowed us to heel over and bounce over boulder after boulder until we cleared the minefield. We immediately took the boat back to the yacht club and used the lift/slings to haul it out, hang it over the dock and inspect for damage. Luckily, it was minor. From that point on..the area was known as 'Donnie's rock'. The next year, another crew member put us on a sandbar in the same area, but we were able to power off. |
Running Aground
In article .com,
"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? I agree "when" is correct. My first time was in Cos Cob's harbor (CT), in the middle of the channel waiting for the bridge to go up on my first boat for the first sail. I was livid that I had to wait for the tide to come up and hope I got lifted enough. So, the first thing is to know the conditions which requires a chart and clock. I knew the bottom was muck and the tide was low and coming in. Two hours later, after fouling the air with unkind things about those responsible for maintaining the Cos Cob markers and dredging, I returned to the dock. If one knows the tides cannot help (there are none or grounding was at high), one has to call for help. If one is on rock (or if one has grounded at speed), one has to use the time waiting to make sure there is no damage to the hull (or if a sail boat to the joint between keel and hull). harlan -- To respond, obviously drop the "nospan"? |
Running Aground
All you people must sail only in deep water cuz I seem to run aground
almost every time I go sailing. Of course, this part of the Gulf is very shallow and channel markers have no relation to reality. Fortunately, all of the bottoms here are either oyster bars or sand. I've spent a tide cycle or two aground. If you can get on the bar, you can get off without help. |
Running Aground
Sounds like you did the right thing, especially if the situation was going
to get worse. Nothing wrong with ST. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com "Capri" wrote in message oups.com... Was there no way to free yourself? Capt We tried but with 13,000 lbs of boat hard aground and she would not move, tried kedging her off and heeling her even further all to no avail. May have tried a little harder if we did not have Sea Tow |
Running Aground
|
Running Aground
|
Running Aground
If I avoided sailing where I could get in trouble, it'd be sorta dull.
Here in the Fl Big Bend area, you have flats with less than 5' depths many miles out, out of sight of land even. Channels are not marked, they shift constantly. Running aground here is no big deal and if you dont you havent been sailing much. |
Running Aground
I've told this story here before but here goes again. Once ran aground
in the channel here at Shell Pt Florida where the channel markers mean almost nothing. We sat for awhile waiting on the tide and a power boater came along and offered to tow us off. He was insistent and the tide was just about high enough so I said "Sure". He threw me the line and just as I get it tied it to the bow he goes roaring off. I go diving back toward the cockpit to avoid the rope I was sure would break. Instead, there is a tearing sound and part of his transom goes flying back over our heads. He barely manages to get the few yards to shore before he sinks. Although I really didnt feel I owed him anything for his foolishness I offered him some epoxy to help his repair but he refused. A few minutes later, we floated free on our own. |
Running Aground
If anybody gives you crap about running aground tell him your scraping
the barnacles off your keel. |
Running Aground
"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. Our worst time running aground (except for the spring of 2004 when we went aground south of Wrightsville Beach right in the middle of the channel and had to call TowBoatUS because Bob said the boat 'hopped up on a sand bar' and he couldn't figure out which way to go to get off) was Queenstown Bob wanted to go to a real grocery store for groceries. We'd been in Baltimore, and he thought the grocery story near the marina's vegetables weren't fresh and there weren't many of them. We decided to anchor north of the entrance inside Queenstown Creek and dingy in to Queenstown. The charts said the inlet was 6 ft. with local knowledge. We had directions from 2 guidebooks, so we tried. Three times we approached and 3 times it shallowed up to 4.5 ft. and we went aground. (we draw 4'11") Later we talked to Jim and Pat and they said they'd done the inlet recently, and they only draw 2" less than we do. I think Bob was giving the markers too much leeway again. As Bob turned away to give it up as a bad job, the wind (still 19-20 knots) blew us down onto a shoal sideways and we were aground for the 4th time. We couldn't power out forward or backward or combinations with us on the bow or stern. We tried unfurling the main to make her heel, which she did, and we went to the low side to make her heel more. We got off briefly, only to be blown back. I called for a tow or for someone in Queenstown on the radio but no one answered. I found a # of a tow boat on the north side of Kent Narrows and called with the cell phone, but got a recording that the # was disconnected. The engine was overheating from running full tilt. What really annoyed me about this was not only did no one respond on the radio (and the previous day a guy had the same problem getting a tow) but a sailboat actually came out of the inlet, passing within about 10 feet of us and totally ignored the fact that we were obviously in trouble - did not wave or even make eye contact. I was so surprised I didn't hail them. Bob decided to try kedging off. He got the dink out and put the motor on, and put the 50 lb anchor in it. I fed 100 feet of chain down to him. After he gained control of the dink which tried to come back and ram the mother ship and after getting the chain arranged so that it wouldn't pull him overboard with it (He skinned his shin in the process), he carefully laid the chain out to the windward. When he got to the end he heaved the anchor over, fortunately without going over with it. He came back and tied the dink to the lee side of the boat, and started winching in the chain while I, at the helm, attempted to push the boat toward the anchor with the engine.. At first (for the first 50 ft.) it did not seem to be working. Then we were free, and I motored carefully but firmly into the wind. Bob stowed the anchor (no need to wash it, everything blew off before it got on deck, plus it was more sand than mud), and then went to get the dink to a more appropriate place. Suddenly, I heard him yell "We've lost the dink" and I looked up and saw him with both ends of the rope (one end with a knot in it) in his hand as he was leaping toward the stern. I threw the boat into reverse, and unbeknownst to me (because I was paying close attention to the depth gauge in front of me), he leaped from the transom down into the dink as it was floating by, wrenching his leg, but only getting one sock and shoe wet in the process. I heard him say "We've got the dink", so I stopped reversing. He did not know I had put the boat into reverse until afterwards. Probably would have given him a heart attack if he had known. After we secured the dink, we motored up and anchored in the Corsica River. We anchored off the country house owned by the Russian embassy (with several 'Private Property' signs on the beach) in the Corsica by 3:30, after 21.2 nm at an average speed of 3.6 knots. Of course that includes the going aground time. We dined on melon, salad, grapefruit and hot dogs sans mustard as we had no regular veggies. The next day we went up to Queenstown and docked at the marina. He thought that both the stores near the docks were too expensive, so he walked probably 1.5 miles out to the highway to the shopping center with the Acme to shop. grandma Rosalie |
Running Aground
Mine isn't really a grounding story, but it was a lot of fun, anyway...
We were on the last night of our two-week bareboat in the BVI, with a STT charterer. We pulled into Little Jost's pond and prepared to throw out the hook. As I like to not have to run out hundreds of feet, we parked in a relatively shallow spot, had dinner, and relaxed. There were two other boats widely scattered from us (which we later learned, were smarter than we). This was Easter weekend, so there was a brilliant full moon above, and relatively calm water lapping gently against the hull as we retired. We caught a few bumps, which were just soft dragging of the keel over the sand bar, not the least alarming, and then, none. Peacefully sleeping, I awoke with a jerk (well, that's my wife's line, anyway!) to find us at about a 45* heel. Bounding out of bed, I was amazed to find we had no water over the sole - and, for that matter, no water in the bilge, either! Once I'd gotten awake enough to figure it out, I realized that we'd dragged onto a high spot on a sand bar, the wind and waves had died, and we'd perched, vertical and safe, on our keel. A passing breeze or wave knocked us over, and there we were, high and dry (and safe)! I figured, no problem, about noon, it will be high tide again, and we'll float off. So, I went back to bed and acted as Lydia's mattress, with me against the hull. However, now, when we woke, the moon was behind the earth. Guess what that did to the water level? Not much... Kedging didn't work. Two guys hanging on the boom didn't work. Eventually, one of the other boats' 25HP dink (with which he'd been pulling the kids waterskiing!) hooked on to all the line we could muster attached to the halyard, and we got pulled off with the appropriate application of power from our auxiliary brute of perhaps 30HP. Thanks all around, including giving the couple who started helping us, and who were borrowing a family boat for the last two years and living on about $1 a day (!!) as they cruised all over the Atlantic before taking it home to the upper latitudes, all of our remaining provisions, which was like we'd given them the keys to Ft. Knox, from the way they responded, and we were uneventfully on our way. Whenever we actually do our website, the pix I took at dawn will be up there. Pretty funny :{)) L8R Skip and Lydia Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig - Callsign Pending! http://tinyurl.com/384p2 The vessel as Tehamana, as we bought her "Believe me, my young friend, there is *nothing*-absolutely nothing-half so much worth doing as simply messing, messing-about-in-boats; messing about in boats-or *with* boats. In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter. Nothing seems really to matter, that's the charm of it. Whether you get away, or whether you don't; whether you arrive at your destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you never do anything in particular; and when you've done it there's always something else to do, and you can do it if you like, but you'd much better not." |
Running Aground
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. -- Jere Lull Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD) Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ |
Running Aground
In article ,
Rosalie B. wrote: Our worst time running aground was Queenstown Queenstown humbles many. One spring, probably the dozenth time we'd run the channel, I decided Pat didn't need to read the directions. Went aground twice before Pat got her chance to save the day. Yup, stay close to the *buoy* at the narrowest part of the channel. The permanent ones got wiped out last winter, so there was only a temporary #3. Passing that, aim at that house and all will be fine. Every once in a while, I'll get it just right and see 8' the whole way. -- Jere Lull Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD) Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ |
Running Aground
Jere Lull wrote:
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. We were following a smaller sailboat into the Honga (this was probably sometime in 1998 or 1999 - not recently), and we SAW them go aground. We were able to avoid that because they served as a bad example. Most of the time, going aground in the Chesapeake involved mud. We went into Broad Creek to pump out (also about 1999), and getting to the pump-out slip, we were stirring up a lot of mud, and Bob said he could feel resistance in the rudder. They decided not to have us go across the creek to the marina, but just to leave us there next to the haul slip overnight. It didn't leave any marks on the bottom of the boat or damage the rudder which Bob thought it might. Sand (which I think the grounding at Queenstown was) is a little more of a problem. Our other grounding which might have been serious was in Georgia Dec 6, 2000 We've decided to go out Brunswick Inlet into the ocean to go down to the St. Mary's River. This will be our first venture out into the ocean. The weather forecast seems good - light north winds are forecast. We both have trouble sleeping (I keep thinking about going 'outside', so we wake up cranky. So after the power boat ahead of us leaves, we start off. We go around the south side of the island, which has the mast of a shrimp boat wreck sticking up. How did that happen? Will that be our fate too? The first part of the trip - almost out the channel - is also used by the ICW, and that's fine. But the books say that one shouldn't exit at this point without local knowledge. There is a LONG line of breakers (marked on the chart, and visible with binoculars) extending down from the north on each side of the channel. We see a fair number of shrimp boats out near the channel. Bob gets out the staysail for the first time in awhile, and then gets all the sails up. We motor sail, but the winds are quite light - not the 10-15 knots that was forecast. Bob takes in the jib and then starts fooling with a way to keep the boom over to one side so that we won't have an accidental jibe. Suddenly I notice that the breaker line is very close and it is getting shallower. I say (and then yell because he doesn't seem to be listening) "Breakers, Breakers", at Bob. He doesn't understand the situation, and apparently thinks he's too close to the buoy on our starboard. The depth alarm goes off and he's still going the wrong direction. Then WHAM, we come down hard on something - probably a sand bar - I hope not rocks. The breaking waves wash us off and then back down again. We hit at least 3 times really teeth-jarring hard. Eventually the waves lift us and Bob guns the motor, and we are over on the other side. Bob hopes aloud that the rudder is OK. We idle along because there are two shrimp boats with their nets across where we want to go, and then resume speed. Bob checks the engine room, and all appears to be OK. We have 7.5 knots of wind from the NE for a little while. No particular waves. Eventually, Bob gives in and puts the sails away and we motor. When I snorkeled around the boat in Key West and the Dry Tortugas, I report to Bob that all the paint (both the base red paint and the top blue coat) down to the bare white fiberglass has been scraped off the front end of the keel up 3 or 4 inches on each side. I took a picture of the results when we hauled the boat in the spring of 2001. http://p.vtourist.com/2215033-Travel...yll_Island.jpg I don't think mud does that. grandma Rosalie |
Running Aground
Anyone else have any good grounding tales?
My second most embarrassing grounding... During a regatta race that started at our yacht club...up to a sister club and back to the finish line just past our club again. The body of water is a narrow 'arm' of the Atlantic that runs approx North/South off the main harbour. The predominate winds are South, south-west. We started off fine...but under light winds slowly ended up near the back of the pack. Our skipper got tired of this about 3/4's of the way to the mid point when the faster boats could be seen on their way back. We left the race, turned around and close hauled, followed the Eastern shore back to the club. It was a beautiful sail...although we were very close to shore and dodging wharfs & moored boats. Just as we got opposite our clubhouse with the main body of racers catching up to us, i looked at the depth meter and saw 2 feet. I got the words 's*it* out just as we smashed into the underwater rock ledge. I was thrown forward and scratched my eyeglasses lens on the aft end of the boom. The helmsman was holding onto the wheel so he was ok and the owner was able to catch himself. Good thing we weren't moving fast. I pulled out my handheld VHF and called the club for assistance. Of course everyone in the race could now either see us..or heard my request for help. As soon as the main body of racers had finished, the club tender came over and towed us off. We slinked back to our finger pier and avoided the party scene at the clubhouse, enduring a few comments thrown our way by smirking skippers. |
Running Aground
Grandma
Without local knowledge, Brunswick is one of the most difficult jettys to exit into or out to the Atlantic, Im suprised you didnt have more trouble. The tides and current in and around Brunswick can be pretty awesome as well. I spent one night on the ICW anchored near Brunswick and spent the whole night on deck watching my anchors, I have never been anchored in a current that strong before of since. Also it is a lot easier (and safer) to take the ICW down to Jacksonville before going out to the Atlantic. |
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? |
Running Aground
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 06:02:58 GMT, Jere Lull wrote:
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. ========================= Sometimes a good chart plotter can help with this. |
Running Aground
"Capri" wrote:
Grandma Without local knowledge, Brunswick is one of the most difficult jettys to exit into or out to the Atlantic, Im suprised you didnt have more trouble. The tides and current in and around Brunswick can be pretty awesome as well. I spent one night on the ICW anchored near Brunswick and spent the whole night on deck watching my anchors, I have never been anchored in a current that strong before of since. Also it is a lot easier (and safer) to take the ICW down to Jacksonville before going out to the Atlantic. It would have been OK if Bob had stayed in the channel. He wouldn't go back north to the next safer inlet. It was pretty calm and we could see (or could have seen if we looked) where the shallow areas were, and we were following the shrimp boats which should have had local knowledge. We've also (on a calm day) gone out the Little River Inlet and Bob has always wanted to do Oregon Inlet. I've had people (one with a draft of 8 feet) tell me that St. Augustine was perfectly safe to come in, and I've seen breakers all across the entrance. We've also come in Fort Pierce which is a class A inlet and had quite a lot of rough water which made it something of a problem. grandma Rosalie |
Running Aground
I have been in and out of Brunswick several times and no problem
if you keep the chart in sight. My last trip was inside and we had to watch the marks for the turn into the ship channel to get to the waterway behind Jekyll Island. About half way up, we met one of those five story car carriers coming out. We were hailed on our intentions and I told him that we would take the green side as we were crossing to the waterway and if the water was sufficient we would move way over marks until he passed. Those things are really big close up. Leanne "Rosalie B." wrote in message ... "Capri" wrote: Grandma Without local knowledge, Brunswick is one of the most difficult jettys to exit into or out to the Atlantic, Im suprised you didnt have more trouble. The tides and current in and around Brunswick can be pretty awesome as well. I spent one night on the ICW anchored near Brunswick and spent the whole night on deck watching my anchors, I have never been anchored in a current that strong before of since. Also it is a lot easier (and safer) to take the ICW down to Jacksonville before going out to the Atlantic. It would have been OK if Bob had stayed in the channel. He wouldn't go back north to the next safer inlet. It was pretty calm and we could see (or could have seen if we looked) where the shallow areas were, and we were following the shrimp boats which should have had local knowledge. We've also (on a calm day) gone out the Little River Inlet and Bob has always wanted to do Oregon Inlet. I've had people (one with a draft of 8 feet) tell me that St. Augustine was perfectly safe to come in, and I've seen breakers all across the entrance. We've also come in Fort Pierce which is a class A inlet and had quite a lot of rough water which made it something of a problem. grandma Rosalie |
Running Aground
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 19:02:37 GMT, Rosalie B.
wrote: I've had people (one with a draft of 8 feet) tell me that St. Augustine was perfectly safe to come in, and I've seen breakers all across the entrance. We've also come in Fort Pierce which is a class A inlet and had quite a lot of rough water which made it something of a problem. =============================== St Augestine has been recently dredged and we saw nothing less than 15 to 20 feet last week. We've been in and out of Ft Pierce twice this year and had no issues with 5 1/2 feet of draft but some of the ICW is down to 7 ft or less near there. |
| All times are GMT +1. The time now is 12:10 AM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004 - 2014 BoatBanter.com