AndrewB
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Some instructive pics Jimi's thread last month?
Beaching on a lee shore.
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LadyInBed
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Good case for a second anchor.
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jimi
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Personally I think its almost certain suicide and I think if I were in that unenviable position I'd stand a better chance jumping off before the shore break and body surfing in.
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DavidofMersea
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I would have thought that from that final photo position she would have been pushed further up the beach. If that is so, and the crew jumped off, they could get crushed. So what did happen?
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pessimist
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Forgive me if I'm wrong but is there not a drop keel American boat that revels in these conditions. Raise the keel and sail up the beach., or drop the sails and power through the popple.
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Talbot
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Not quite as frightening as the clip shown on one of the TV video shows, which covered a 20+ ft boat getting into the surf line and being rolled over a number of times before the mast gave up.
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SilverBreeze
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Apparently, this American Hunter 36 had been bought by a feller four days previous.
He thought he would sail it down the east coast from Chesapeake Bay to Ft. Lauderdale in Florida.
He anchored off Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on a Thursday night.
Fouled anchor line Fri morning. His only anchor.
Coast Guard said cut it loose and ride it in. He did.
They towed him off the next morning.
I wonder where he is now.
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He thought he would sail it down the east coast from Chesapeake Bay to Ft. Lauderdale in Florida.
He anchored off Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on a Thursday night.
Fouled anchor line Fri morning. His only anchor.
Coast Guard said cut it loose and ride it in. He did.
They towed him off the next morning.
I wonder where he is now.
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Peppermint
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Re: Not a happy outcome
in heavy weather. We're back to loosing control of a situation.
In the seventies I got roped in by the owner of a navy whaler who wanted to
a. Sail it. Which we achieved easy enough.
b. Beach it in accordance with the Admiralty Manual of Seamanship method.
b. Involved anchoring outside the surfline. Which by the way is very difficult to spot from offshore. Getting the rudder off and using oars, reverse up to the beach using the anchor to keep head to surf. This is a complete game for hero's. You land with a series of loud thuds in a boat full off water.
We did it twice near Hope Cove in SW F5 and a moderate swell. Getting off was possible but very physical. The lessons learnt. You can find yourself in surf before you know it. It's all very disorientating. The idea of doing this with a fin or bilge keel isn't appealing. The backflow from surf not only tries to rip you back out to sea as you get off but the sand underfoot is going with it. You need a very very sound boat.
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in heavy weather. We're back to loosing control of a situation.
In the seventies I got roped in by the owner of a navy whaler who wanted to
a. Sail it. Which we achieved easy enough.
b. Beach it in accordance with the Admiralty Manual of Seamanship method.
b. Involved anchoring outside the surfline. Which by the way is very difficult to spot from offshore. Getting the rudder off and using oars, reverse up to the beach using the anchor to keep head to surf. This is a complete game for hero's. You land with a series of loud thuds in a boat full off water.
We did it twice near Hope Cove in SW F5 and a moderate swell. Getting off was possible but very physical. The lessons learnt. You can find yourself in surf before you know it. It's all very disorientating. The idea of doing this with a fin or bilge keel isn't appealing. The backflow from surf not only tries to rip you back out to sea as you get off but the sand underfoot is going with it. You need a very very sound boat.
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ColinW
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Why is he wearing a clown outfit?
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Mirelle
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Famous case
involving a narrow beam, deep draft, reverse sheer, boat in the 1956 Channel Race storm. Sucessful for her. Not many of us have boats of that type.
Personally I have been soaked beaching dinghies through a popple on a lee shore, and would never consider it.
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involving a narrow beam, deep draft, reverse sheer, boat in the 1956 Channel Race storm. Sucessful for her. Not many of us have boats of that type.
Personally I have been soaked beaching dinghies through a popple on a lee shore, and would never consider it.
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