Daydream believer
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On 3 separate trips to Ostend my family- notably my son- has managed to put us aground on exactly the same spot on the edge of the Gunfleet sands just NE of the old LH. I know there is a shallow bit. Every time we go I tell them to watch the sounder for the shallow bit. But do they?
No. They blindly follow the GPS & blame it on the fact that I put the waypoint on the drying sand at the end of the spit. I have never moved it in the last 20 years. I do not navigate by GPS it is only for a guide if needed.
But I know it is there & I tell them every time what to do whilst I have a kip. Last time I was peeing in the heads one minute & the sink the next as the boat stopped dead & I carried on forward![Cautious :cautious: :cautious:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
One of the family sayings, oft repeated at gatherings, is: "Dad we've run aground again"- " YOU DON'T SAY". Followed by much mirth at my anger.
No. They blindly follow the GPS & blame it on the fact that I put the waypoint on the drying sand at the end of the spit. I have never moved it in the last 20 years. I do not navigate by GPS it is only for a guide if needed.
But I know it is there & I tell them every time what to do whilst I have a kip. Last time I was peeing in the heads one minute & the sink the next as the boat stopped dead & I carried on forward
One of the family sayings, oft repeated at gatherings, is: "Dad we've run aground again"- " YOU DON'T SAY". Followed by much mirth at my anger.
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