The SOB Ran My Damn Boat Aground!!

FlyWright wrote:
Two years ago, I was traveling across a flooded tract called Sherman Lake.* I had taken this route a half dozen times after being shown the route on my boat by a delta striper fishing legend, Mark Wilson.* I was following my waypoints.* As the depth shallowed, I slowed to 3 kts or so.* Then I hit something very hard and the boat abruptly listed to 20-30 degrees to stbd, ...

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*Al, remind me not to follow you in uncharted waters.

markpierce wrote:FlyWright wrote:
Two years ago, I was traveling across a flooded tract called Sherman Lake.* I had taken this route a half dozen times after being shown the route on my boat by a delta striper fishing legend, Mark Wilson.* I was following my waypoints.* As the depth shallowed, I slowed to 3 kts or so.* Then I hit something very hard and the boat abruptly listed to 20-30 degrees to stbd, ...

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*Al, remind me not to follow you in uncharted waters.

*Don't know about the Bay area...but don't follow an assistance tower through unknown waters...I've missed my sweet spot in shortcuts by a few feet every now and then and have to back off very carefully.*

One of the choices should read..."You are not aground until the Rum is gone!"...my wife's mantra!!!!

I have not run aground (underway) in my current boat--But I have anchored too close to a shallow spot and swung until the keel touched.

Being a Summer Day a quick dip in a good push and I was back in deeper water.* I moved out and anchored futher off the sand bar.

Thats what I like about small boats, you can push them around, If the wind and the current allow.

Notice the anchor rode in the attached image--boat is touching bottom and not riding on the anchor!

JohnP


-- Edited by JohnP on Friday 10th of February 2012 06:47:14 AM

John, Come on now my friend.

Aground is aground. Welcome to the club.

SD


-- Edited by skipperdude on Friday 10th of February 2012 04:03:11 PM

markpierce wrote:sunchaser wrote:
The SF Bay estuaries continue to silt in as mountains erode and developments spring up. ...

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*The San Leandro Marina is likely to close down in a few years.* It hasn't found money for dredging the marina and the two-mile approach channel to handle the silting.

They actually dredged "recently", after all the hue and cry that there was no money and they were doomed.* We just had lunch there in December...