Overtaking

[onesea]

as the op I take full resposibility although mitigating circumstances like more mud extending into the fairway was err disconcerting.As it was the firts real sail in the boat I was slightly out of controland the wretched jib sheets catching up on the stays hindered the slick tacking we all aspire to.I dont think the other yacht was aware of impending doom;although I did think of as.king for wáter we smoothly came to a halt.On the bright side I remembered to layout an anchour and follow the right proceedure after hitting the mud so really a mild fopar.

Did you follow ALL the procedures and get the scrubbing brush out to make it look like you meant to do it

The other option you can do in these situations is luff up and get bow through wind, so you can sail off on other tack depends on how close the other boat was.

There is then also the danger of drying down hill, not a clever idea

If you shout/ ask in general the other boat will do something once they know what is going on IMHO, most of us are not in the business of causing other people to have bad days...

We all do it form time to time, you obviously did it perfectly and people thought you where meant to be there, or did not do it properly we have seen no photos on here yet....

We all find ourselves where we don't want to be once in a whilst, last time I went aground I was sailing into river 3 sail reach, soft mud gentle stop....

It was a busy evening and the reaction of the other boats was enjoyable, we sat had a beer and dinner. Assorted smiles and waves, to being ignored. The best one was the wife that smiled and waved, promptly followed by clearly over the engine "Darling do not wave at them they are aground!".

 

[prv]

"Darling do not wave at them they are aground!"

What a bizarre comment!

Pete

 

[Twister_Ken]

There is then also the danger of drying down hill, not a clever idea

OP was on a rising tide.

 

[onesea]

OP was on a rising tide.

Well if that's the a case it does not count

 

[mjcoon]

What a bizarre comment! ["Darling do not wave at them they are aground!"]

Pete

Presumably because of the danger that the wave might been seen as ironic, like a disguised snook-cocking?

Mike.

 

[macd]

What a bizarre comment!

Yes, but oh-so frightfully British. And it tickled me

 

[DownWest]

Seems like Mogy should have hoisted the signals for constrained by draft and used his loudhailer to point out the fact to the other yacht. Really can't understand the problems that some folk get into.

 

[Fantasie 19]

It's easy to forget, but you could always spill wind to slow down a bit, and then tack across his stern.

Pete

+1

Either that or give him a quick shout (or a blast of the air horn if he's too far away) and ask if it's ok for him to shift over..... I've generally found people in Chi very gentlemanly about such things.. maybe I've been lucky!

 

[Jamesuk]

You are in your rights to ask him for "water to tack" if you need to avoid an obstruction.

Good one 'water tack' I've heard about a call while racing but as far as over taking goes your out of luck. Better go behind him and slow down and ask if he could allow you to pass. I can't picture it tho to go aground is rather special, sorry and bad luck.

 

[lw395]

Seems like Mogy should have hoisted the signals for constrained by draft and used his loudhailer to point out the fact to the other yacht. Really can't understand the problems that some folk get into.

Doesn't over-ride R13.

Chichester Harbour is quite a small place in a decent sized yacht, when you only count the deep water.
The sensible thing to do is to take the sails down before getting involved in close quarters action in the channels.
The trouble is, a lot of the moorings etc are a bloody long way from the sea and it makes for a lot of boring motoring in what looks like ideal sailing conditions.

Rising tide no harm done.

If the other boat had any racing people on it, they probably would have responded to a polite 'can I have room to tack please?'
But it would be a favour not a right.

 

[charles_reed]

I can quite understand the OP, in the hysterical excitement of overtaking anything in a Vega, throwing all caution to the winds.

Perhaps we should make due allowance for that and curb our criticism.

 

[Wansworth]

As the OP i must own to a sensation of incredulity as my vega advanced on the Legend(TOWING A DINGHY) that all caution was thrown to the err wind.

 

[davidpbo]

I can quite understand the OP, in the hysterical excitement of overtaking anything in a Vega, throwing all caution to the winds.

Perhaps we should make due allowance for that and curb our criticism.

I have experienced that excitement recently when able to overtake someone whilst sailing due to not having the drag of the outboard which is away for repair.