MurrayM
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Since taking the snow shedding tarp off in late March we've been going on 'out & back' jaunts down the channel, until today that is!
First we dropped a crab trap on one side of the bay, did a recognizance pass while watching the sounder near the head of the bay, then headed into deeper water to collect our thoughts.
Kathy took us in for another pass into shallow water, turned into the wind that was coming into the bay, and stopped where I asked her to. I dropped the anchor by hand, so I would know when it hit the bottom, then got her to back off slowly while I paid out the rode.
All was going great in my world until Kathy called out, "30 feet! 15 feet!!" D'oh!
We gathered up the anchor and rode, motored out to about 100 feet, then dropped the anchor again, ending up pretty much where we dropped it the first time. Stupid rookies
After backing down and setting the hook, we were sitting in 60 feet of water...much better.
After a few n-n-n-nervous minutes of making sure the trees on shore I had picked for range markers weren't budging, we shut off the engine, and took the Livingston to shore for a beach walk.
Here's some photo's of the escapade;
First we dropped a crab trap on one side of the bay, did a recognizance pass while watching the sounder near the head of the bay, then headed into deeper water to collect our thoughts.
Kathy took us in for another pass into shallow water, turned into the wind that was coming into the bay, and stopped where I asked her to. I dropped the anchor by hand, so I would know when it hit the bottom, then got her to back off slowly while I paid out the rode.
All was going great in my world until Kathy called out, "30 feet! 15 feet!!" D'oh!
We gathered up the anchor and rode, motored out to about 100 feet, then dropped the anchor again, ending up pretty much where we dropped it the first time. Stupid rookies
After backing down and setting the hook, we were sitting in 60 feet of water...much better.
After a few n-n-n-nervous minutes of making sure the trees on shore I had picked for range markers weren't budging, we shut off the engine, and took the Livingston to shore for a beach walk.
Here's some photo's of the escapade;
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