Details of a sailboat that ran aground down near Tacoma, WA.

It's super cold (by Pac NW standards) right now, so I thought the name
of the stranded vessel was
seasonally humorous.

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TACOMA, Wash. - Members of a Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla assisted
five people that became stranded after their boat ran aground near
Tacoma, Wash. Saturday.
At 11:35 a.m., the operator of the 40-foot vessel Blue Moon contacted
the Tacoma 911 center to request help after his sailboat grounded on a
shoal in Commencement Bay.

Minutes later, The Tacoma Fire Boat Defiance and a Coast Guard
Auxiliary vessel from Flotilla 35 arrived to help the crew of the
sailboat.

About noon, the Coast Guard Auxiliary crew maneuvered close enough to
pass a tow line to the badly listing vessel, which was then towed to
safety by the Defiance.

The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary is composed of uniformed,
non-military volunteer civilians who assist the Coast Guard in all of
its varied missions, except for military and direct law enforcement.
These men and women can be found on the nation's waterways, in the air,
in classrooms and on the dock, performing Maritime Domain Awareness
patrols, safety patrols, vessel safety checks and public education.

Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 35, based in Tacoma, is currently
looking for new members. For more information, contact Lee Warnaca at
(253) 536 4494 or (253) 961-5913.

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"Blue Moon?, or "Defiance"?



Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On 27 Nov 2006 18:13:15 -0800, "Chuck Gould"
wrote:

Details of a sailboat that ran aground down near Tacoma, WA.

It's super cold (by Pac NW standards) right now, so I thought the name
of the stranded vessel was
seasonally humorous.

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At 11:35 a.m., the operator of the 40-foot vessel Blue Moon contacted
the Tacoma 911 center to request help after his sailboat grounded on a
shoal in Commencement Bay.

I don't get it.

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


I don't get it

Sailors have been known to "moon" folks on nearby boats. Most
particularly when they have had more than a little bit to drink. As
cold as it is right now, it wouldn't take very long for it to become a
blue moon.

Where did the phrase " Three sheets in the wind" come about to describe
when somebody is liqueredup?



Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On 27 Nov 2006 19:13:34 -0800, "Tim" wrote:

"Blue Moon?, or "Defiance"?

You know the sad thing about this?

I read Chuck's post and now I can't get the Sha Na Na version of the
tune out of my head...

DAMN YOU CHUCK - DAMN YOU TO...etc., etc., etc....

Now for a little trivia:

A blue moon is the third full moon when four full moons occur in one
season of the year. Hence "once in a blue moon" meaning any event
will happen almost never.

This concludes the celestial navigation portion of this post.