High and Not so Dry...

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Wow.. There sits a very nice 44 Sundancer over by Amityville cut… I know of two boaters now that ran aground there this weekend.

Knock Knock…. No answer… Google is sending me a photo… Just for…. something or another….

Hope everything works out for our buddy..
 
Nooooooo..........don't tell me it's him?
 
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Originally posted by rommer

Do you think it really is?

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Yes and I removed the boat name off the pic.

I feel real bad for the guy. Like I wrote before, I know someone else who ran aground in the same area yesterday and had BoatUS nudge them off. Hope he was waiting for some high tide. Not that it is real stuck and needs $alvage.

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Don.

I just e-mailed you. I am off today and maybe he needs a hand ? I don't have his #, but am sure he won't be on boatered this morning anyway.
 
I was waiting for someone to say that! Don't get me started, I am in Michigan again, land of snow, fast food and fugly women. If I get bored I may start posting bad stuff.

Rob buddy, my heart bleeds for you, can happen to the best of us. Let's just hope the cause was something sensible, like you saw Walter and I blow by with all those topless women dancing on his boat?
 
Brad...........I seen the same guy out there yesterday...........

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"can happen to the best of us"

It sure can and did for me. I was the other boat that Brad mentioned about running aground. I ended up getting stuck in the Amity Channel about mid-way through. There were no markers out and I thought that I could just use my GPS. Well, I ended up going too far south and found myself in 18" of water and when I came off plane, she just sat in the mud. Lucky for me I have I/O's and there was no damage. I radioed Boat US. They were there in 10 minutes and we were underway with-in 30 minutes. The tide was coming in and I could have just waited but I decided to use my insurance. Second tow in 23 years of boating. I hope they don't cancel me. ;-)
 
So tell me again how great south shore boating is?????????

(I'm gonna duck down real low now!) ;)
 
BTW, is an anchor really needed when you are sitting in the sand?
 
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Originally posted by rommer

BTW, is an anchor really needed when you are sitting in the sand?

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Yes !! The USCG , Sea Tow, BoatUS etc. all recommend dropping anchor after running aground. When, the tide comes up you could be pushed in directions that you would not want to go or worse.
 
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Originally posted by rommer

So tell me again how great south shore boating is?????????

(I'm gonna duck down real low now!) ;)

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Well..........atleast when we hit something.........its usually mud or sand........NOT old refrigerators or dead bodies !!!!
 
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Yes !! The USCG , Sea Tow, BoatUS etc. all recommend dropping anchor after running aground. When, the tide comes up you could be pushed in directions that you would not want to go or worse.

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Agreed, my post was more tongue in cheek. Then again with 10" of water I guess you only need 70" of scope to be safe when the wind kicks up. ;)

As for refers and bodies, you forgot tires, floating trees and anything else the upriver people no longer want!
 
Seriously though, I hope he didn't suffer any major damage or injuries when he hit.
 
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BTW, is an anchor really needed when you are sitting in the sand?

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Absolutely!

If the wind is blowing hard in the direction of the shallow water, you'll be pushed even further aground on the incoming tide.

Also, there are many "humps" where you could be blown over the hump into deeper water and pushed hundreds of yards into the shallows. If the tide is outgoing, by the time the towboat gets there, they can't get over the hump and you'll be waiting 12 hours for the next tide.

And one last reason to anchor, If you damaged your running gear or where holed during the grounding and were blown off into deeper water, well, now you have a new series of problems.

By staying anchored until your towboat operator arrives, you'll have someone on scene to assist if you did have major damage caused by the grounding.
 
I tried to go through the Amity cut in January and couldn't find the channel. Halfway going north from the state channel it got shallow fast. Lucky for me the wind was from the north so I was able to wind drift south back into deeper water. Eventually I turned around and went further east to Lindy cut.
 
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