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18 April 2010, 16:15
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Sunday mishap..
I planned a quick dash to Mont St. Michel this morning but miscalculated the effect of high pressure on what was already a smallish tide. That sandbank wasn't there a month ago....
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19 April 2010, 01:35
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Oppps!....I hope everything was OK after your misadventure?
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19 April 2010, 08:34
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Ooopsie indeed!
Listening to Jersey CG all day, they had a fairly hectic time of it, including one mayday from a boat that found a rock with their hull (they were fine in the end).
It was certainly a nice day for an outing and lots of people grasped that opportunity.
Coming past Sark, St Peter Port Radio were taking a report from a broken down and becalmed yacht not far from my position. It turned out to just be a fuse and I was able to whip them out a replacement and they fired up the iron sail again, no word of thanks mind you. 
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19 April 2010, 11:19
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Town: Stanley, Falkland Is
Boat name: Seawolf
Make: Osprey Vipermax 5.8
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Engine: Etec 150
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Quote:
Originally Posted by malthouse
no word of thanks mind you. |
Doesn't that p&ss you off?
I'm still waiting for the crate of beer promised on my last rescue tow... 
There is always a next time
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19 April 2010, 11:32
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Edinburgh
Boat name: Viking
Make: Tornado
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hope not too expensive
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19 April 2010, 11:51
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BogMonster
Doesn't that p&ss you off?
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Na, life is too short.
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19 April 2010, 14:24
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Country: UK - Channel Islands
Town: jersey
Boat name: Martini II
Make: Arctic 28/FC470
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There was another one last night, usual story little speedboat got lost fro Guernsey to Jersey.
They called CG on their mobile, said they were next to a nav buoy but didn't know which one! Turned out to be NW Minquiers so only about 15 miles off course!
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19 April 2010, 15:49
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Quote:
Originally Posted by martini
They called CG on their mobile, said they were next to a nav buoy but didn't know which one! Turned out to be NW Minquiers so only about 15 miles off course!
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Sound like good candidates for a PB2 course.
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19 April 2010, 16:19
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Town: Poole
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Quote:
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Or at least the purchase of a chartplotter - eh, Martin? 
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19 April 2010, 17:51
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Quote:
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Or at least the purchase of a chartplotter...
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Or even one of them there fangled compass things, you know the posh ones full of water like a snow globe.
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19 April 2010, 18:42
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Country: UK - Channel Islands
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hightower
Oppps!....I hope everything was OK after your misadventure?
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I'm fine thanks. I wasn't going as fast as I was in the video when I ran aground and the tide was still coming in but it was a bit worrying for a few minutes. I can't believe how much the sea bed has changed in the area in the six weeks since I was last there; amazing.
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19 April 2010, 20:22
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Originally Posted by GJ0KYZ
I'm fine thanks. I wasn't going as fast as I was in the video when I ran aground and the tide was still coming in but it was a bit worrying for a few minutes. I can't believe how much the sea bed has changed in the area in the six weeks since I was last there; amazing.
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Did you get any warnings at all? I've got mighty close to some shallow areas before, but noticed a change in the water surface before I got in to trouble.
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19 April 2010, 20:37
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Country: UK - England
Town: Dorset & Hants
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Maybe there was something going on on Sunday ?
I noticed the water had turned into mud when I came to a halt, that combined with the fact the prop blades turned into shovels when I raised the engine......
Easily done this time of year before things 'settle' over the summer.
More embarrased than worried for me - nothing like several yachts watching to make you feel a prat !
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19 April 2010, 20:54
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Regarding mud and sand banks - after unusual strong winds or seas, they can move/arrive/vanish with alacrity. I took myself off to a familiar haunt overseas this winter, expecting the usual nice beach but they had had a storm and there the beach was - gone! I could see the sand banks about 100-200m offshore, breaking the swell. They reckon they'll be back later in the season. It does make me very wary of Plotter displays of depositing shallows.
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20 April 2010, 00:37
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PeterM
Maybe there was something going on on Sunday ?
I noticed the water had turned into mud when I came to a halt, that combined with the fact the prop blades turned into shovels when I raised the engine......
Easily done this time of year before things 'settle' over the summer.
More embarrased than worried for me - nothing like several yachts watching to make you feel a prat ! |
And the other lesson learnt is to never follow someone else
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20 April 2010, 16:28
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hightower
And the other lesson learnt is to never follow someone else |
Dont worry we managed to run aground 100% independantly of each other .......... 
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20 April 2010, 19:06
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Quote:
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Dont worry we managed to run aground 100% independantly of each other .......... |
It was a semi-submerged Icelandic Ash Heap. 
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