Bristol Channel/Severn Estuary Where is it competition.

Thanks for not laughing too loudly, tatali0n! I will tell you the story of the refloat - some valuable lessons were learned. I was glad to be on a triple keeler not a fin.
In the meantime I'll try and post a pic. (So far no success - the file loader keeps failing, so i'll try again later) - now added, a bit small, but i'm learning, albeit slowly.
By the way, I have some good photos of Colne Pill (we refer to it as Wollaston Pill locally) at low water. The previous owner of Amrum used to spend the night there on occasion.IMG_2536b.jpg
 
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Apologies Snifter, I had waited quite a while before deciding to post them....not sure what was the more foolish, running aground or sending me the pics?
 
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Some where previously in this thread there is a discussion about Colne (or Wollaston) Pill.
TSC has a buoy in the Pill (Smithy's buoy, named in memory of a former member), and you can see it in the bottom of the Pill at low water. A bilge or triple keeler will sit on the bottom ok (although I still haven't tried it), but it would be worth putting a kedge out to hold the boat in the middle of the stream as the water goes out.
When I looked a couple of years ago, the bottom was clear of fridges and Ford Escorts!
Anyone know where my previous early morning picture was taken?
 
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Some where previously in this thread there is a discussion about Colne (or Wollaston) Pill.
TSC has a buoy in the Pill (Smithy's buoy, named in memory of a former member), and you can see it in the bottom of the Pill at low water. A bilge or triple keeler will sit on the bottom ok (although I still haven't tried it), but it would be worth putting a kedge out to hold the boat in the middle of the stream as the water goes out.
When I looked a couple of years ago, the bottom was clear of fridges and Ford Escorts!
Anyone know where my previous early morning picture was taken?
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I always prefer to point into the incoming tide, so would probably drop the main anchor and drop back to tie the buoy to the stern.
Allan
 
Regarding refloating from the sand west of Welsh Hook, we had managed to swing Amrum into the tide as she settled. We put the bow anchor out towards the deep water, and a kedge on a bridle out astern. The bridle was to enable us to keep her stern on to the tide as she floated. We fitted a trip line to the top of the kedge, and led that back to a winch. The tide whistled in, and she bumped a little as she floated, and when we thought she was well afloat we tripped the kedge (it came out easily), and pulled it in as Amrum swung round to the bow anchor. When all lines were aboard, i started the engine, and motored forward to pick up the bow anchor. The bowman described that as like sitting in a washing machine, but it all went smoothly. We then advised the coastguard (who we had told of our predicament), that we were on the way home. A sketch is attached.
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Agreed, Allan. It would be the right thing to do in Colne Pill, and would probably have been easier on Welsh Grounds!
We dopidn't have a lot of say in the latter, to be honest!
 
Returning from a CYC trip to Portishead a few years ago I received a text which said "xxxx has taken the kids to the beach". I found our later that he had done the same as you! Again, luckily, it had more than one keel.
Allan
 
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