Benny and the others are right..be certain of the bottom! Ask the marina and others what‘s down there. And probe around at low tide. You‘ll soon know the composition of the bottom.
As for me, I know its mud, its deep, it sticks and stains you. I know, I fell in reaching for my dinghy that I forgot to tie up when we got out of it. You know the commercial “ring around the collar” from years ago. I had ring around the calve.
Also, did you know, you can‘t get back in the boat once your out of it. You can’t lift the seat up to get the swim ladder down. You can’t pull your self up using the handles next to the ladder either.
I called for my wife, who was in the boat, and she came up and asked “where are you”? Where am I, We’re not talking the Queen Mary here, how far can I be tied up?
I actually had a kayaker come by asked me what I was doing.
My wife finally walked back to the seat and said what are you doing in the water.
She lifted the seat and I was able to get the ladder down.
All the while, the dinghy just floated away. It didn’t care.
So I swam out the dinghy, looked ridiculous trying to get in it and rowed myself back to the boat.
What ever happened to the kayaker? Really, would it have been that much trouble to go get it.
This was a comedy routine in the making.
We didn’t go sailing that day….I was tired.
