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John P
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Initially Posted - 08/09/2005 :  21:09:40  Show Profile  Visit John P's Homepage
Started off on a whim, at the boat to clean up inside. Called girlfriend, left a message to call me. She called as I was about to start the motor for a solo sail. Said come on out for a sail, she arrived 20 minutes later.

Shove off at about 5:45, motor for 15 minutes, then set sail. She was scared as the jib sheets started to whip as I trimmed them in. She became comfortable (her first time sailing). We beat for about 10 minutes, then I checked the chart and decided to ease off and reach towards deeper water, then hopefully head North. Checked the chart again, going good, about 25 feet of water, we are cruising along at almost 6 knots when we went aground. I check the chart. We should be in about 10 feet of water, in fact, in the area we were in, the shallowist water was 6'!

We were aground pretty good, I tried different ways of moving the sails around, using the motor, all to no avail. Finally I hopped overboard with the bow line and walked the bow around 180 degrees and was able to walk her off the rock. The water was 3-20' deep. A lot of holes. My girl was a trooper though. I left the main trimmed in pretty close and we were quite aways off the wind, so once the boat was free it moved very slow, and she was able to steer is straight for me. I hooked around the stern and climbed the ladder.

We headed home from there, She kept asking why it takes so long to go upwind. I tried to explain, but she said she did not want an explanation right then.

The rest of the ride in was uneventful, except for the entering the river wherer I dock the boat. There is a set of 8 markers, creating a channel to drive through (you go between). The depth is anywhere from 5 to 12 feet. We solidly hit something. That registered 3' on the depth metere.

Looks like I have some exploratory swimming to do soon.

Damn! Other than that, she sailed very nicely

FYI, my chart say it was published in '03, yet it was not in the marina until this summer?
'84, C-25, SR/FK, #4663, "ILLUSIONS", Chazy, NY (Lake Champlain)
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Response Posted - 08/10/2005 :  07:11:17  Show Profile
Sorry to hear about your run-ins with underwater obstacles, JP. I hope your boat didn't sustain any serious damage.
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John P
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Response Posted - 08/10/2005 :  07:16:52  Show Profile  Visit John P's Homepage
Me too! Hopefully, just lost some paint and glass on the keel.

I have to throw Kudos to my girlfriend. It was her 3rd time on a boat and her 1st time sailing and she kept cool. She did put on the life jacket quickly without my prompting (very proud of that). I think that because I did not freak out, she was ok.

I laugh at times like this. Hell, it's living in my book. Every day is an adventure, and this was another in the book. Granted, I know the saying "It's not if you go aground, but when" is very true and the only other boat I ever went aground in was a sunfish back in the bahamas when I was 15. HUGE difference here, although a rising tide would have been a nice tool to have.
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