Donna
Guru
- Joined
- Aug 30, 2016
- Messages
- 1,231
- Location
- United States
- Vessel Name
- Southerly
- Vessel Make
- 1986 Marine Trader 36' Sundeck
Rude boaters, or did I have a bad day?
Took Southerly to anchor out in a local inlet yesterday. She is pretty big, 44 OAL., semi displacement so she is stable. However, there was some boat traffic, I would say light. Boats around 30-32 feet were the worst. No one called on the radio to pass. Don’t get me wrong, all boats pass me except sail boats and it’s usually fine. Yesterday they were passing me on port about 5 feet away doing 20 knots or so. I was already having a bad day. Got to the inlet which is an hour and a half cruise, 8 knots ya know. Anchored, went to shut her down and nope, she wouldn’t shut down. Damn. Called my diesel mechanic on father’s day to see if I could somehow shut her down. He tells me it’s probably a bad selinoid. Damn. Stayed with engine running for about 2 hours. That’s not all. Turn the windlass on and it was working fine, then it would no longer pull the anchor up. It was like the anchor was stuck under a rock. Damn. After another hour of trying to reposition her, she finally came free. Yay! The windlass went back to work.
Btw, on inspection of the engine room back at her slip, I must have kicked the wire when I had been down there a few days earlier. Reconnected the wire and shut her down.
So, did I encounter rude boaters? Or was I just having a bad day?
Took Southerly to anchor out in a local inlet yesterday. She is pretty big, 44 OAL., semi displacement so she is stable. However, there was some boat traffic, I would say light. Boats around 30-32 feet were the worst. No one called on the radio to pass. Don’t get me wrong, all boats pass me except sail boats and it’s usually fine. Yesterday they were passing me on port about 5 feet away doing 20 knots or so. I was already having a bad day. Got to the inlet which is an hour and a half cruise, 8 knots ya know. Anchored, went to shut her down and nope, she wouldn’t shut down. Damn. Called my diesel mechanic on father’s day to see if I could somehow shut her down. He tells me it’s probably a bad selinoid. Damn. Stayed with engine running for about 2 hours. That’s not all. Turn the windlass on and it was working fine, then it would no longer pull the anchor up. It was like the anchor was stuck under a rock. Damn. After another hour of trying to reposition her, she finally came free. Yay! The windlass went back to work.
Btw, on inspection of the engine room back at her slip, I must have kicked the wire when I had been down there a few days earlier. Reconnected the wire and shut her down.
So, did I encounter rude boaters? Or was I just having a bad day?