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- Jan 10, 2013
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- Vessel Name
- Dauntless
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- Kadey Krogen 42 - 148
Another Day, Another Shenanigan
Yesterday as we continued our cruise in eastern Maine, we left Rockland relatively late, past noon.
Rockland is wonderful by the way. So we were going to have a short day, maybe 25 nm.
As we got east of North Haven, in East Penobscot Bay, there were a lot of lobster pot buoys. So we were pretty vigilant. All of a sudden, I hear/feel this groaning noise and immediately surmised that we had snagged a lobster pot. I immediately put engine in neutral and idle. Went to the stern, where a mangled pot buoy was drifting next to boat, with no line attached. Clearly, I had snagged buoy, severed line and some portion of the line was wrapped around prop.
We seemed to be stationary, held in place by the pot. I revved engine in neutral, to check if engine ok, it sounded and felt fine. I then checked prop shaft, to check that there was no leaking and stuffing box was normal.
At this point, debating whether to call USCG and tell them I was snared or call BoatUS. Also, a large sailboat, Destiny, saw our distress and came by to ask if we needed help, as they had noticed we were drifting northward towards shore a few miles away. He offered to tow us. I thanked him, asked him to stand by as I called BoatUS. Actually, I used the BoatUS app, which automatically sends lat/long as it makes call.
In the meantime, I had put engine in reverse and goosed the throttle for a second or two. The first time, it definitely felt not normal, but when I did it a few minutes later, it felt normal. Though I was still afraid of making the problem worse by tightly wrapping the line around shaft and prop.
About 10 minutes in to this, as I’m on the phone with BoatUS, we had drifted maybe a ½ mile north and I had thought maybe we were free. I gave it some power in reverse and felt no vibration. I then put in in forward and all was normal.
I told the BoatUS people thanks, but didn’t need them and I profusely thanked Destiny for standing by.
We anchored on the ne side of Merchant Island and bbq a nice steak.
This morning, conveniently enshrouded in fog, I am watching the F1 race from Hungary. Race and fog should be ending about 10:00 a.m. and we will get underway, heading ne for about another 30 nm. Then, planning a due east passage tomorrow to Nova Scotia.
Richard & Julie
Yesterday as we continued our cruise in eastern Maine, we left Rockland relatively late, past noon.
Rockland is wonderful by the way. So we were going to have a short day, maybe 25 nm.
As we got east of North Haven, in East Penobscot Bay, there were a lot of lobster pot buoys. So we were pretty vigilant. All of a sudden, I hear/feel this groaning noise and immediately surmised that we had snagged a lobster pot. I immediately put engine in neutral and idle. Went to the stern, where a mangled pot buoy was drifting next to boat, with no line attached. Clearly, I had snagged buoy, severed line and some portion of the line was wrapped around prop.
We seemed to be stationary, held in place by the pot. I revved engine in neutral, to check if engine ok, it sounded and felt fine. I then checked prop shaft, to check that there was no leaking and stuffing box was normal.
At this point, debating whether to call USCG and tell them I was snared or call BoatUS. Also, a large sailboat, Destiny, saw our distress and came by to ask if we needed help, as they had noticed we were drifting northward towards shore a few miles away. He offered to tow us. I thanked him, asked him to stand by as I called BoatUS. Actually, I used the BoatUS app, which automatically sends lat/long as it makes call.
In the meantime, I had put engine in reverse and goosed the throttle for a second or two. The first time, it definitely felt not normal, but when I did it a few minutes later, it felt normal. Though I was still afraid of making the problem worse by tightly wrapping the line around shaft and prop.
About 10 minutes in to this, as I’m on the phone with BoatUS, we had drifted maybe a ½ mile north and I had thought maybe we were free. I gave it some power in reverse and felt no vibration. I then put in in forward and all was normal.
I told the BoatUS people thanks, but didn’t need them and I profusely thanked Destiny for standing by.
We anchored on the ne side of Merchant Island and bbq a nice steak.
This morning, conveniently enshrouded in fog, I am watching the F1 race from Hungary. Race and fog should be ending about 10:00 a.m. and we will get underway, heading ne for about another 30 nm. Then, planning a due east passage tomorrow to Nova Scotia.
Richard & Julie