Embarassing for someone!

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oncewaswafu

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I have just driven past Fareham Town Quay, at LW, and high and dry on the mud on the other side of the creek is a 36 - 38 ft fin keeler, totally over on its side.

Marked on the bow, in nice big capital letters - UKSA !! Just hope he wasn't doing any exams. Epic fail!

I'd have taken a picture but the traffic was heavy and I would have had to queue to get down to the quay, so words must suffice.:ambivalence:
 
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Been there, done that! And of course I'd just put a new, rather large transfer on the transom. The night lit up when the camera flashes went off on the passing cruise ship.

I recall sitting in the bar on Minnie Mouse and the UKSA fleet arrived. The barmaid referred to them (to their faces) as U Kant Sail Atall...

Rob.
 
oncewaswafu said:
I'd have taken a picture but the traffic was heavy and I would have had to queue to get down to the quay, so words must suffice.:ambivalence:
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I agree with your title....yes, indeed, embarrassing for someone.

But am I alone in wondering why anyone wants to add their embarrassment, either in words or pictures?

Seems like kicking someone when they're down, to me.
 
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Changing an anode? Without too much of a stretch he could have changed the masthead light. Inside must have been a shambles!
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Sounds lie you've never seen a fin keeler dry out???

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In my experience the grin when you see the poor sod in this situation is either the recollection of similar situations past, or worries of those yet to come !

Something about people in glass houses ...
 
It's not a problem unless the keel is on higher ground or the ground is rocky. Of course if the pc was left on the saloon table and the whisky bottle was left unsecured ..... or going aground on springs high water....

When sailing in shoal areas it is fairly inevitable that you'll get stuck sometimes .... and unless you're limiting yourself to only coming in on a rising tide, you could be left on your side. I guess accurate charts, gps, and reliable engines have made it less common nowadays ...... or is the coastguard/RNLI plagued with maydays when yachts go aground or engines fail?

When did I last go aground? Must have been about a week ago when I was looking for a short cut across a sand bar south end of Hervey Bay .... no swell, so no hassle. If the bottom was likely to be unfriendly I wouldn't have tried it.
 
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We saw it Friday afternoon on the way to the boat and thankfully it was gone by by the time we came back Saturday afternoon. Looking on memory maps and a tide planner it makes you wonder what he was thinking. HW was 3.9M and the drying height aprox 2.0M. We are swing keel & a bit 'cavalier' about draught but I would not have been were they were. Very glad it worked out for them though.
 
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