wrote:
Don White wrote:
wrote:
snip..
They tow us to the dock
and I go to pay. By this time I was seriously happy to be off the boat
with my wife so even *the astonishing cost of $480* didn't faze me
much. It was $10/ft for the ungrounding (28' sailboat) and then $165
minimum and a couple other fees.
snip...

Whoo hoo! Around here the Coast Guard...or some friendly boater will
always come to the rescue...for free.

Re-thinking this, I regret posting it. It has me blaming my wife for
my predicament when I had nobody but myslf to blame. If I had
displayed much more confidence and a fun atitude I could probably have
talked my wife into enjoying the overnight grounding. Unfortunately, I
consider sailing to be an excercise in problem solving so I do not sail
for the same reasons she does. I DID invite her. I apologize.

David OHara

Good re-thinking David. First off, your engine problem was your fault,
second, you ran aground. 3rd, you should have jumped in and swam out
with the anchor, dove down and planted it deep so you could kedge
yourself off. 4th at the time you ran aground the tide was changing and
you would have been free in an hour or two, you could have given your
daughter a fishing pole and headed below with your wife to pass the
time. 5th you are right, getting fustrated at the wife for messing up
the tacks was un called for, I'd kept sailing in circles all night
until she got it right, laughing and slamming down a shot of
jeagermiester every time she got it wrong, Remeber the only difference
for adversity and adventure is attitude.

Joe

Joe wrote:

3rd, you should have jumped in and swam out
with the anchor, dove down and planted it deep so you could kedge
yourself off.

....swam out with the anchor...?

-rick- wrote:
Joe wrote:

3rd, you should have jumped in and swam out
with the anchor, dove down and planted it deep so you could kedge
yourself off.

...swam out with the anchor...?
Easy - you just a cushion or pfd for flotation.

"Jeff" wrote in message
. ..
-rick- wrote:
Joe wrote:

3rd, you should have jumped in and swam out
with the anchor, dove down and planted it deep so you could kedge
yourself off.

...swam out with the anchor...?
Easy - you just a cushion or pfd for flotation.

Oh, c'mon. You manly men wouldn't have any problem at all. You'd grab that
45# CQR, plop in on your hairy chest, and backstroke out a hundred yards.

...swam out with the anchor...?

Easy - you just a cushion or pfd for flotation.


KLC Lewis wrote:
Oh, c'mon. You manly men wouldn't have any problem at all. You'd grab that
45# CQR, plop in on your hairy chest, and backstroke out a hundred yards.


Oh sure, the anchor itself is no problem. It's the 20 yards
of chain that's the problem... stuff keeps getting tangled
in your legs as you're swimming....

DSK

"DSK" wrote in message
...
...swam out with the anchor...?

Easy - you just a cushion or pfd for flotation.


KLC Lewis wrote:
Oh, c'mon. You manly men wouldn't have any problem at all. You'd grab
that 45# CQR, plop in on your hairy chest, and backstroke out a hundred
yards.

Oh sure, the anchor itself is no problem. It's the 20 yards of chain
that's the problem... stuff keeps getting tangled in your legs as you're
swimming....

DSK


Have you tried organising it around the...Samson post?

"KLC Lewis" wrote in message
et...

"DSK" wrote in message
...
...swam out with the anchor...?

Easy - you just a cushion or pfd for flotation.


KLC Lewis wrote:
Oh, c'mon. You manly men wouldn't have any problem at all. You'd grab
that 45# CQR, plop in on your hairy chest, and backstroke out a hundred
yards.

Oh sure, the anchor itself is no problem. It's the 20 yards of chain
that's the problem... stuff keeps getting tangled in your legs as you're
swimming....

DSK


Have you tried organising it around the...Samson post?


I hate it when all my chest hair get caught up in the anchor chain. That's
why I carry the chain in my teeth and the anchor in one hand when I swim out
to set it. To make sure I don't expend any unecessary effort trying to stay
down while setting the anchor I wear 85lbs of diver's weights. I don't
understand why any manly man would use an anchor to kedge the boat when its
aground. Why not just swim under the boat and lift it up and push it out?

Oh sure, the anchor itself is no problem. It's the 20 yards of chain
that's the problem... stuff keeps getting tangled in your legs as you're
swimming....


KLC Lewis wrote:
Have you tried organising it around the...Samson post?


Mine's a 24v windlass, but unfortunately it won't hold all
20 yards of chain.

Only about 18

DSK

Jeff wrote:
-rick- wrote:
Joe wrote:

3rd, you should have jumped in and swam out
with the anchor, dove down and planted it deep so you could kedge
yourself off.

...swam out with the anchor...?
Easy - you just a cushion or pfd for flotation.

A fender works well also.

Nothing worse than a winter swim with a 25 lb danforth to kedge
off...except calling towthiefsUSA and getting a bill that you wonder if
vasaline is included,

The bright side is you might discover an oyster reef, and instill some
level of self reliance and competence to your crew.

Joe

-rick- wrote:
Joe wrote:

3rd, you should have jumped in and swam out
with the anchor, dove down and planted it deep so you could kedge
yourself off.


...swam out with the anchor...?


...underwater of course...