When the draft of your craft exceeds the depth of the water you are aground

About 12 years ago at Orange Beach, AL.* It may be a good thing that he hit the dunes.* Just to the right of the picture is a rock jetty.* It is a 53' Hatteras.

Uh uh** Captain, we've have a slight problem with the depth gauge.*

I think you better get up to the bridge

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-- Edited by KJ on Sunday 25th of September 2011 03:05:06 PM

KJ wrote:
Uh uh** Captain, we've have a slight problem with the depth gauge.*

I think you better get up to the bridge

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*Wow!* How fast was he going when he hit the beach?

Moonstruck wrote:KJ wrote:
Uh uh** Captain, we've have a slight problem with the depth gauge.*

I think you better get up to the bridge

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*Wow!* How fast was he going when he hit the beach?

*I dunno.* It looks like the stern is up on the beach.* Someone's got some "splainin'" to do.

See, if he had a single screw and a bow thruster, this never would have happened.

Perhaps*the helmsman/navigator got distracted while reading OTDE.*** KJ


-- Edited by KJ on Sunday 25th of September 2011 04:02:42 PM

KJ wrote:Moonstruck wrote:KJ wrote:
Uh uh** Captain, we've have a slight problem with the depth gauge.*

I think you better get up to the bridge

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Click to expand...

*Wow!* How fast was he going when he hit the beach?

*I dunno.* It looks like the stern is up on the beach.* Someone's got some "splainin'" to do.

See, if he had a single screw and a bow thruster, this never would have happened.

Perhaps*the helmsman/navigator got distracted while reading OTDE.*** KJ



-- Edited by KJ on Sunday 25th of September 2011 04:02:42 PM

*The above photo is the RIVERDANCE,* she had a cargo shift and rolled 60deg. on her side and ended up on the beach... rather sad story follows...* copy the link below and scroll down after the link opens

HOLLYWOOD

http://www.cargolaw.com/2008nightmare_riverdance.html

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Wow, what a story. You hear about ships being hit by a "freak wave", this one must have been a doozy.* Did they eventually tow it off the beach, or is it still there?* The last posting was April 2008.

They never got her off the beach. She was cut up for scrap. You can see the process in a series of pictures at this site.*Scroll to the bottom of the page.

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http://goo.gl/0SnZm


-- Edited by ktischler on Monday 26th of September 2011 10:34:45 AM

That is an amazing read. Just goes to show you that our best confidence is so easily quashed by a momentary mood of the Earth.