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I feel compelled to admit that I ran a flemming 55 aground in a Norwegian Fjord in 1991.

There was not much damage, scuffed the GRP off the keel, got dragged off the rock by a fishing boat.
 

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and I thought I had hit the putty a few times, but here is a guy who runs up a cliff, wow, are you the guy who taught me navigation>
 

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Damn! That makes my efforts much less heroic cos someone's done it already. F

Fortunatley, my boat only took 71 minutes to sink whereas i spect Burgundybens took 72 minutes, so i claim total victory in the boat-lunacy-in-Norway stakes (virtually)
 

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I'm glad this thread is only about running aground in Norway.

I was feeling compelled to admit to running aground some where else.

I won't bother now !
 

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I've always hated that little clump of rocks to the East of the Petite Rade and think it was courageous of you to try to remove them for us all.
 

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As an ex-East Coast sailor now moved to the West Country, I was very surprised to hear from another trainee on the YM course that he had _never_ run aground. How astonishing ! But then we now stay at least 2 miles off those Devonian rocky bits - Norway ... shudder !!! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
 

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Just once (so far!)

Paid for first boat. Paid for launch. Headed down the Frome towards Poole Harbour. I was aground within 5 minutes! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

A passing Moody who knew the river better than me pulled me off. In my defence, the echo sounder's never worked properly. It's on the urgent upgrade list for this year. It was last year too, but got pushed off by an engine transplant. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
 

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Re: A question:

Yes! Please share your confessions.

BTW Threre is a Swedish saying that every sailor has either run aground or is about to run aground any moment. Also running aground is more of an art i the Baltic as there are no tides to help you off....
 

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Re: A question:

Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter, Freemansund, 1974, 24 hours, dumped ballast, spare mainsail, two anchors and fresh water.

The tide rushes from side to side, bearing ice floes, (mind you, with all the global warming, the whole area is probably covered in palm trees now!) but does not seem to go up or down!
 

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Re: A question:

Do it all the time, why have a lifting keel if not? And you get a better, longer view of the seals on Foulness Sands if you join them there for a tide.
 
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