Ken,
The video, tells me that he may have been caught in some rocks. And pulling aft of perpendicular
caused a rigging failure. Was it improper rigging tensioning/attachment or bottom that caused this failure?
At this point, I cannot allude to the cause & I feel bad for the skipper.
That was why in my post, I mentioned to go slow.
There are many types of different grounding scenarios.
For soft bottom groundings, this procedure works easily in many cases.
Different bottom groundings require what is needed to insure no damage to the under or upper-body.
Hard bottom, reef, shoal, current, no current, wind, no wind, all these factors come into play on how
best to free oneself without damage. One thing I noticed, was that the boat never leaned over which tells me,
his keel may have been trapped.
The best scenario is NEVER to go aground in the first place, which reminds me of a
well known adage that states, "Local knowledge can be dangerous."
Many times, it is this presumption that belie us to venture in taking short cuts thus,
feeling familiar within our familiar location can turn out to be a dumb decision on one's part.
I know, that this thinking has tripped me up in the past.
It's a question of where you sail and/or, what caused you to you fail?
Was it the location, bravado or, mitigating conditions beyond our control that
caused the grounding? The colors & pictures always change from one grounding to the next.
If possible, always try to maintain a good plan of attack, proper distance & leave proper freeway.
Oh, I'm sorry I have to close now,
I just ran aground & this makes me mad, because I am SO familiar with this area.....
The video, tells me that he may have been caught in some rocks. And pulling aft of perpendicular
caused a rigging failure. Was it improper rigging tensioning/attachment or bottom that caused this failure?
At this point, I cannot allude to the cause & I feel bad for the skipper.
That was why in my post, I mentioned to go slow.
There are many types of different grounding scenarios.
For soft bottom groundings, this procedure works easily in many cases.
Different bottom groundings require what is needed to insure no damage to the under or upper-body.
Hard bottom, reef, shoal, current, no current, wind, no wind, all these factors come into play on how
best to free oneself without damage. One thing I noticed, was that the boat never leaned over which tells me,
his keel may have been trapped.
The best scenario is NEVER to go aground in the first place, which reminds me of a
well known adage that states, "Local knowledge can be dangerous."
Many times, it is this presumption that belie us to venture in taking short cuts thus,
feeling familiar within our familiar location can turn out to be a dumb decision on one's part.
I know, that this thinking has tripped me up in the past.
It's a question of where you sail and/or, what caused you to you fail?
Was it the location, bravado or, mitigating conditions beyond our control that
caused the grounding? The colors & pictures always change from one grounding to the next.
If possible, always try to maintain a good plan of attack, proper distance & leave proper freeway.
Oh, I'm sorry I have to close now,
I just ran aground & this makes me mad, because I am SO familiar with this area.....
