henryf
Well-known member
With 15 minutes until low water we heard a Mayday called just outside Portsmouth harbour.
Yacht had run aground on the Hamilton bank. Apparently she was listing. We arrived at low water. When the two people got off the end of the boom (they were trying to lean her over to clear the keel) she seemed fairly upright to me. Crew happily sitting on the side dangling their legs over the side, feet dry as a bone.
Possibly not the wisest use of a Mayday.
Nature will come to their rescue and Buddha will be along in due course with more water. In the meantime pop the kettle on and enjoy a cup of tea. No chance of it getting spilled when you're aground.
Henry
Yacht had run aground on the Hamilton bank. Apparently she was listing. We arrived at low water. When the two people got off the end of the boom (they were trying to lean her over to clear the keel) she seemed fairly upright to me. Crew happily sitting on the side dangling their legs over the side, feet dry as a bone.
Possibly not the wisest use of a Mayday.
Nature will come to their rescue and Buddha will be along in due course with more water. In the meantime pop the kettle on and enjoy a cup of tea. No chance of it getting spilled when you're aground.
Henry