Tall ships make mistakes too

[Ken Cross]

Here is a story of the tall ship Lady Washington. It ran aground in Sequim Bay in Washington.
This place has big currents with tide changes as it is a large bay with a small entrance. I've been close to running aground myself as we got grabbed by the current and just lucked out.

http://maritimebulletin.net/2017/07/25/tall-ship-lady-washington-aground-wa/
Good photos.

Ken

 

[Alan Gomes]

Here is a story of the tall ship Lady Washington. It ran aground in Sequim Bay in Washington.
This place has big currents with tide changes as it is a large bay with a small entrance. I've been close to running aground myself as we got grabbed by the current and just lucked out.

http://maritimebulletin.net/2017/07/25/tall-ship-lady-washington-aground-wa/
Good photos.

Ken

Here's one from 2005 in Southern California: