Sixpence
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Oops
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sailorman
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Doesnt look very Deep
JKay
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Where is it ? within walking distance of the lifeboat crew /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
did they eat all your biscuits and drink all your tea
did they eat all your biscuits and drink all your tea
sarabande
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it's all to do with the curvature of the Earth...
macnorton
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"Thats what the red things mean" /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
ps/ at least it was sand not the mud /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
ps/ at least it was sand not the mud /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Jomo
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I imagine it was pre-planned, get running aground out of the way early, now you can concentrate on other b*llsups! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Superflid
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Looks like normal sailing conditions in The Wash....... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Kilter
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You are not a proper East coast sailor until you've been aground a few times! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
sailorman
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Cantata
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What's the problem, all looks normal to me. Opportunity to stretch your legs.
Sixpence
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I imagine it was pre-planned, get running aground out of the way early, now you can concentrate on other b*llsups! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
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That's my story and I'm sticking to it /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Many thanks to the boys from Hunstanton RNLI for your attendance, pity you couldn't get close enough for a cup of tea /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Moral of the story, when stuck in a narrow channel with a 'brisk' cross wind, steer to the windward side to allow for it, even if the shell fish boats are already well grounded there
Must admit it was a bit of a bum tightening experience especially when wind and waves pushed us further and further aground as the tide came in but we made it off eventually.
Others at the marina complimented me on the recovery when arriving far too early at the marina, had to turn around in very fast moving water and little space to do so, then ferry glide on to the pontoon with the boat bucking like a bronco.
George, you were right of course, going out too late or coming in too early is not the best thing to do, but at least two experienced skippers came in later and reported 37Kn winds in the Freeman Channel so I didn't have much choice but to head in. Didn't mean to put her through any more than F5 maximum for now /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
She made it though, and all that crud on the deck has been well and truly washed off now /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Scary day for me in some ways, but the running aground bit was the easiest part /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
I imagine it was pre-planned, get running aground out of the way early, now you can concentrate on other b*llsups! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
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That's my story and I'm sticking to it /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Many thanks to the boys from Hunstanton RNLI for your attendance, pity you couldn't get close enough for a cup of tea /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Moral of the story, when stuck in a narrow channel with a 'brisk' cross wind, steer to the windward side to allow for it, even if the shell fish boats are already well grounded there
Must admit it was a bit of a bum tightening experience especially when wind and waves pushed us further and further aground as the tide came in but we made it off eventually.
Others at the marina complimented me on the recovery when arriving far too early at the marina, had to turn around in very fast moving water and little space to do so, then ferry glide on to the pontoon with the boat bucking like a bronco.
George, you were right of course, going out too late or coming in too early is not the best thing to do, but at least two experienced skippers came in later and reported 37Kn winds in the Freeman Channel so I didn't have much choice but to head in. Didn't mean to put her through any more than F5 maximum for now /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
She made it though, and all that crud on the deck has been well and truly washed off now /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Scary day for me in some ways, but the running aground bit was the easiest part /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif