A nice Targa in the mud!!!

[Moose]

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[BrendanS]

Hee!

Should keep Alistairr happy, he kept telling everyone in the Solent to beach their boats instead of buying a dinghy! /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

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[Moose]

They put out loads of chain didn't they! A whole 2 meters!

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[petem]

Furkin \'ell.....

.....that's my old boat!!!!!!!

Nice to see she is being well looked after. Still looking quite clean! Anyway, that's Estate Agents for you! He could have lifted the legs at least!

Please tell me where you spotted her?

Do you mind if I pinch the pics for my site?

Pete

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[BrendanS]

In this case 2m looks more than adequate, as it's obvious the boat is not dragging, and not in any danger of going anywhere.

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[petem]

See he's added a plotter and snap davits.

Might want to replace those prop cones. Paint came off 'em first week I had her. Props look nice and new though.

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[Observer]

C'mon. So where were they taken and when? Is it a "guess the mudbank" competition?

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[Moose]

Go on then Guess the Mudbank.
P.S These are Hagrids pictures, not mine.

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[Observer]

Mmm. Not just now it's not but in 6 hours time...... Hope the owner got back aboard before the water arrived - or do you think he's hiding down below?

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[BrendanS]

No footprints in the mud, so the empty snap davits probably tell a story of swmbo fleeing by tender, with skipper down below feeling very sorry for himself, hiding from tabloid and freelance photographers

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[Observer]

Wild guess then - Newtown Creek?

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[BrendanS]

Ohh you intuitive bugger you!. Not that they've already told us that <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.ybw.com/cgi-bin/forums/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=mby&Number=364562&page=&view=&sb=&o=&vc=1>http://www.ybw.com/cgi-bin/forums/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=mby&Number=364562&page=&view=&sb=&o=&vc=1</A>

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[petem]

Lets hope it wasn't high water springs or he might be there for the next two weeks!

Does an occasional mishap of this kind cause any damage? I suspect that as long as you don't end up on a rock (or Cols prop) it's pretty harmless.

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[Alistairr]

Flamin' Heck!!! What a beautiful boat, what a horrible sight. I bow my head in shame. It looks like i was wrong, beaching in the solent may not be a good idea after all! DOH!! I appolagise to each and everyone of you, espiecally you BrendanS and the owner of the Targa, god i hope he isn't a member on this forum and took my advice on beaching it. That sort off thing doesn't happen on Loch Lomond!!! STUPID ME!!!!
Like Petem had asked does that sort of incident cause any damage to the boat? and should the skipper have put his trim up? Does he just have to sit tight and wait for the tide to come back in? Say what? 12hr for high tide again?

Cheers

Alistair...


P.S. Better to buy a Dinghy!!



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[Observer]

As far as I am aware, a sterndrive boat can be beached with no harm although, as this one, it may not lie flat because of hull shape. The legs should have been raised to avoid damage to props although probably no damage in this case as the bottom seems to be soft mud.

I did manage to beach our single shaft drive in Osborne Bay once - anchored a little to close in on a falling tide and realised too late. No damage because soft ground but not recommended. Had to wait three hours or so, at a slightly uncomfortable angle, for the flood to float us off.

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[hagrid]

Re: Furkin \'ell.....

feel free I have some more if you want them, let me know where to email them?

Hagrid

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[Alistairr]

Good way to clean the hull, Though!!!!!



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[jfm]

Hmm. Also he got a bit lucky because the boat is on a slight mound of mud, roughly amidships, so the keel at the transom isn't pushed into the mud at all. Still, it's amazing he didn't fully raise the legs, and if the trim is bust (pete sold him a dud?? ) he should have got out as the tide receded and dug holes in the still-wet mud for the legs to rest in.

You were lucky doing this with a shaft drive!

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[petem]

Maybe he only had a depth of 30cm when he calculated the length of chain!

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[petem]

Re: Furkin \'ell.....

Yes please - admin@fairlineownersclub.com.
Thanks, Pete

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