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DaveR
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Initially Posted - 08/21/2008 : 08:29:48

Well, our non-weather event has turned into a rain event. Luckily for me Daytona hasn't gotten nearly as much as parts further south, the Melbourne area which is home to Jessie Camp, I wonder how he's fairing?
I went down to a local seafood restaurant on the ICW last night to have a few beers and some crab legs. At some point Peggy called me to the a rail overlooking the river to point out some idiot cruising through the Port Orange bridge amid a 3 foot chop and 30+ mph winds. But something wasn't right .......... the boat was at a 10 degree yaw as it came through the bridge and almost hit the east bumper-dock. As it passed about 100 feet away I looked closer to find no cabin lights on, some loose halyards and no one at the helm. The sucker had broken loose of it's mooring and was headed downwind/stream. It must have been a fixed keel because it would drift out of the channel and run aground, wiggle around a little and then break free again. Probably dragging an anchor too, was moving slow for the conditions. I called 911 and was transferred to the Coast Guard, they had gotten 4 calls before mine about this same boat. Pretty nice boat, really painful to see. When we left the boat had been blown to the west side of the channel and on to a shore, hopefully lodged there until Sea Tow/BoatUS could save it. First time I've seen anything like that ................

Dave Robbins
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'89 SR/WK #5877
Daytona Bch., FL

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Stardog
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Response Posted - 08/21/2008 : 09:00:16

Wow, that's sad, someone's boat probably got pretty messed up.

I had the opportunity to rescue a loose boat once. A friend and I were sailing on Lake Travis when I spotted a West Wight Potter sailing off-wind. I told my friend I had read an article about someone crossing the Atlantic in one of these 15 foot boats and how impressed I was with the sturdiness of its construction. I wanted to sail near it to have a look, and when we got up close we found there was no one at the helm, no one on-board at all. The Potter was running on a broad reach in a very straight line, so we were able to get up on its weather side very close, then I jumped aboard and took the helm. From the course it was sailing I deduced it had come from an island upwind, very nearly upwind, or the shore beyond that, so I brought her about and sailed back to the island first. As we approached, I could see people on the beach, jumping up and down waving, so I headed for them. On arrival they told me they had beached the boat, left the sails up and had not bothered to anchor to anything as the wind seems to be favorable to keep the boat on the beach, then a gust of wind had dislodged it and sent it down the lake alone. I was glad I was able to help them out.

So, not only did I get to have a close-up look at one of these legendary little boats, I had the opportunity to take one for a sail. Actually it handled very well and felt very stable for such a tiny boat.

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 08/21/2008 : 09:30:45

We had one turtle on our lake. The current owner cannot sail out of the cove at our club and has to paddle out. This is the cove that Red Cross uses to teach sailing in and our youth sail out of and all the rest of us with beach boats sail out of. I have a feeling they don't attract the best sailors as owners. When washed up boats are found on our lake there are usually dead fishermen somewhere, already had two this year.

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Prospector
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Response Posted - 08/21/2008 : 09:42:13

Our lake seems to have a dead fish-killer syndrome as well. They like th eshoals, and the shoals on our lake tend to be in rather exposed locations. Our lake has a kite-surfing beach, fishing area, open waters, PWC areas, cottages, permanent homes, sailing clubs, just about everything except commercial traffic. On the lake there are 4 marine rescue units (usually run by police departments, no coast guard presence.

If you go out on a weekend you usually see the police boats fly by at least once each day. On our way to the last race we did (night race) we were running from storms across the lake, and were buzzed twice by police helicopters, and had 2 police boats pass us headed toward the storm clouds at full throttle.

You have to respect the guys who going as fast as they can INTO the crap that we are going as fast as we can to get OUT of.

We were listening on CH 16 but heard nothing - I wonder if the Police do a lot of their work on cell phones to keep it private or something.

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Ed Cassidy
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Response Posted - 08/21/2008 : 10:02:40

There was a two masted sailboat, looked to be 42 feet long or so blown ashore off Jacksonville yesterday. The fellow indicated he was headed south and then, because of the storm, he headed out to sea. He went below and the next thing he knew, he was crashing onto the beach. He said he didn’t realize he had turned 180 degrees and didn’t hear the breakers. A tow boat company attempted to pull it off the beach but failed. Before they could mount a second attempt, the boat was in splinters. The fellow didn't seem too upset, given that he had restored it entirely himself. It was amazing to see a perfectly good sailboat sitting nicely on the beach one day and then a pile of rubble the next.

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DaveR
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Response Posted - 08/21/2008 : 11:37:41

Is this the boat?

I couldn't even imagine having this happen.

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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 08/21/2008 : 12:05:33

Soo sad!

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 08/21/2008 : 13:17:20

the police do their communications on 800 mhz private radios that you can not hear without real special equipment. The old days of getting a police scanner and ambulance chasing are way behind us.

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jesse camp
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Response Posted - 08/22/2008 : 08:32:57

I am keeping my head above water. The level of the Indian river lagoon has risen about 2 ft. I have been checking my lines about everyday. Luckily I have liveaboards near my boat so they keep an eye on things. Thanks

Jesse Camp
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1987 SK SR 5550
Merritt Island, FL

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