Comentarii la: Eșuat la maree înaltă

De: Mick Mulvaney

Mick Mulvaney — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 16:50:46 +0000

Must have been a hell of a high tide, the boat is on the grass!

De: Jose Herrera

Jose Herrera — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 05:06:11 +0000

Been there, done almost exactly that. Stuck on a salt marsh's bank with a 5' draft. My high tide came in around 2:30am and I got stuck there around 5pm. I was half a mile out from the "shore" and thought I was fine. Besides, i had been motoring a very straight course and figured nothing would change. Wrong I was.

My engine proved to be useless and I thought it had actually sucked in sand or something, lost power and began cavitating. The tide soon rushed out until I was left high and dry, with my poor boat heeling over 30° to starboard. It was at that moment that I laughed at the situation and played Radiohead's song by the same name as the ground beneath me. Fitting soundtrack.

I decided to move all my stuff over to port and sit on that side to prevent the boat rolling onto its side. It's a Cal with a thick fiberglass hull, but I was still worried since it's 50yo.

The tide began rushing in around 1:30 and I decided I would sleep in the berth and set an alarm. CG/Seatow was aware of my situation and had kept contact with me. I was exhausted and fell asleep quickly.

When I woke up, I checked the depth. 2m, or 6'. I started my engine and puttered to my marina, ecstatic that this boat I bought a month ago wasn't going to wind up part of the marsh.

De: Je Loh

Je Loh — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 02:00:01 +0000

The tide did it, not you. Cool story bro.

De: John Alex'

John Alex' — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 23:44:48 +0000

Brilliant… I sense the reality of both the situation… and the interplay with nature 🙂

De: Chris McCartney

Chris McCartney — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 19:34:08 +0000

I landed on little COB at Tollesbury by slightly missing buoy, lifeboat came towed me off by pulling me off backwards..

De: Old Geezer's Diary

Old Geezer's Diary — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 18:10:07 +0000

Thats a really excellent video, thank you. I went aground in the entrance to Bradwell Creek when departing the marina back in 2000 on a falling tide, when I had a year off to go sailing. I was right on the edge of the channel too, and was seriously worried about tipping down into the channel, but luckily my bilge keels got into the soft mud and held the boat upright. Going aground is a real wake-up call . . .

De: Martin

Martin — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 17:17:40 +0000

Nice story, thanks. I've done pretty much the same. Could you have walked an anchor out in the channel and then winched yourself out when the tide came?

De: LNM1969

LNM1969 — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 17:07:49 +0000

Cracking stuff. Not read all the comments so apologies if this is repeated. Roger Barnes has a little toy inflatable dinghy on his Ilur. Might seem pathetic and the garish colours don't really go with the boat 😉 but so what ? It could have been instrumental in your case to set an anchor off the stern and run a line from it round a winch. I assume the state of the mud meant trying to walk one out very dangerous to even start; a dinghy like that would float in about 1/4 mm of water so plenty of time to try and get it aligned given inky blackness you were in. Deflate and roll away when done. Safer than getting in and out and also it would pull a great deal harder than you could ever push. Subscribed !!

De: Janusz Komentator

Janusz Komentator — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 16:22:39 +0000

Ale przygoda!

De: Jim Shaw

Jim Shaw — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 15:40:12 +0000

Well Done . Jim