Are we Heroes or Lunatics?

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Athene V30

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Post by Doris on Scuttlebutt re Deben Entrance - East coast hero
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Just reading this thread makes me think all you east coast chappies are absolute heros or complete lunatics. I am quite happy going into somewhere like Treguier alone, at night, with rocks all around. I know where they are but the shifting sands off the flatlands of the east coast scare the living sh** out of me.
 

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Why worry about touching the bottom on the east coast.

You just jack the keel up a bit and head back into the not so shallow areas.
If it keeps getting shallower just jack the keel up some more and maybe lift the rudder a bit.
If the sounder shows 0.3m it is time to get the scrubbing brush and the antifouling out and pretend that you meant to stop here. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Try that on the rock bound south coast and you will need the GRP Repair kit.

I don't consider myself a Hero
I may be a Lunatic (We must be mad to go sailing in the snow as the other weekend)
I could be a bit smug with the old lift keel.
I would not want a fin keel in this area.
 

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I would not want a fin keel in this area.

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Nothing wrong with a fin keel; as long as you're not heeling too much at the time of contact, just back out the way you came, or helm across & full power. That's the theory anyway.
 

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It's never occured to me to be worried about shoals and sandbanks and things like that. Does that make me a lunatic?
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Being neaped for about 10 days can be tricky, especially in an exposed spot - fortunately when it happened to me on my first trip down the creek, the boat was quite safe - but a fast learning curve!
 

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I would not want a fin keel in this area.

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Some of us can cope with big equipment /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

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Some of us are so hard we have two fin keels each stuck out at a funny angle. We also wear Musto string vests. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 

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So as I'm still wearing my 'L' plates, I'm better off with my triple keel which looks like a fin keel with stabilisers /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif after all, a tricycle was my first bike /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
 

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When I first sailed into the Deben a few years back I dutifully called John Wight the harbourmaster first and got the "a bit this side of the red buoy and a bit that side of the green..." story. I followed this very carefully.

Later when we where tied up at the Ferry John came past and inquired if we got in ok (we manifestly had).

I said I didn't think I could have followed his directions properly since I only had 30cm of water under the keel at one stage.

He replied "how much water do you need?"
 

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So as I'm still wearing my 'L' plates, I'm better off with my triple keel which looks like a fin keel with stabilisers /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif after all, a tricycle was my first bike /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

[/ QUOTE ]I've just ordered a new tricycle and I'm a grown-up!
 
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