[Rhodes22-list] Boat Folleis

Tue May 25 18:27:52 EDT 2004

Slim, Thanks for the laugh, you would fit right in our family.  BW

>From: Steve Alm <salm at mn.rr.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: Rhodes <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Boat Folleis
>Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 16:52:14 -0500
>
>Here's my running aground story:
>
>We were in Florida in 1980.  My friend, Clark, had a 50 ft. wooden schooner
>in West Palm and my brother and I were enlisted as crew to take the boat
>through the ICW and across the Okeechobee (?) to the Gulf side and down to
>Naples, where she would live.  The boat was not fully rigged yet and still
>had some work to do including putting in the ballast.  We loaded 50 lb. 
>pigs
>of lead onto the deck to be later placed down in the bilge.  IIRC, there
>were about 150 pigs that we stacked, log-cabin-style along the centerline 
>of
>the deck, and off we went.
>
>One evening, we were motoring after dark along the narrow river.  My
>brother, Kevin, was up on the bow with a spotlight watching for...anything.
>He spotted a sign in the middle of the channel but couldn't read it until 
>we
>were close enough to see that it read: "Stay left."  Just as he sang out,
>"Hard to port!"  we hit the sandy bottom.
>
>We were too hard aground to motor off in reverse, so we took all the lead
>pigs and moved them to the starboard rail, listing the boat sharply, and
>then tried to motor off again.  No luck, so we moved them all to port and
>did the same.  Still no luck, so we moved them all back to center and
>decided to wait until daylight to try the next thing and went to bed.
>
>At daybreak, we decided to attach the anchor to a float, swim it out a 
>ways,
>drop it and try to kedge our way off the sand bar.  We drew straws and I 
>won
>the honor of doing the swimming.  As I got about 80 or 90 ft. from the 
>boat,
>Clark yelled out at me to look at the shore.  There I saw about a half 
>dozen
>alligators hitting the water.  Clark yells, "That's far enough, drop the
>hook and get back here!"  I tell ya, Mark Spitz would have been proud--in
>fact, Jesus would have been proud because I nearly walked on water back to
>the boat as Clark opened fire on the gators with the rifle to scare them
>off.  (Remember our thread about guns onboard?  Guess which side I'm on.)
>
>I managed to get back safely and we rigged up a block and tackle to the
>anchor line with about 8-part purchase.  The three of us hauled on that 
>line
>with all our might and still didn't budge the boat.  So our last resort was
>to get on the radio and call for help.  We contacted a salvage boat with a
>giant motor that came in about half an hour.  He hooked us up and pulled us
>off the sand bar with no problem.  We paid him about 50 bucks and were back
>on our way.
>
>Slim
>
>On 5/25/04 2:31 PM, "Bob Weber" <ruba1811 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi all I am reading this new tread with great interest.  Not only are 
>there
> > a bunch of great stories untapped here but I can actually use these in 
>my
> > lesson plans.  I teach ASA's Basic Keelboat Sailing and half of the 
>class is
> > boating safety.  I have a class starting tomorrow and by Thursday we 
>will be
> > knee deep in all the differnt things that can go wrong on a boat.  We 
>don't
> > spend any time on how to remove the stern straps when launching  but I 
>will
> > give you some of the topics we do cover and if you know of a great 
>anedote
> > that goes with a subject, chime in, I will give you half the profit I 
>expect
> > to make this year :).  Thursday we will becovering the hazards of :
> > Anchoring, Sinking, Fire, Overloading (horsepower and LBS), Derigging,
> > Accidental Jibes, Hypothermia, Swimming w/ Propellers (I have one story 
>and
> > thats enough)  Rope burns, Running Aground (easy fodder), docking, Lee
> > shores, Man (hat, dog, wife) overboard and now, of course, unstrapping 
>the
> > boat from the trailer prior to launching.
> >
> > Hopefully I have inspired a few good stories.  I, (un)fortunately, have
> > personal stories on most of these but always welcome new material.
> >
> > Bob Weber
> >
> >
> >
> >> From: Jim White <jdwhite at panam.edu>
> >> Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Boat toys.
> >> Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 13:38:17 -0500
> >>
> >> The best one I've seen in awhile was a guy back down the ramp and 
>forget to
> >> untie the stern strap. Filled up the entire transom up to the steering
> >> before he figured out what was wrong. Pulled it up the ramp and sat 
>there
> >> with the little drain plugs open and waited for about 10 minutes for 
>the
> >> thing to empty out. Finally someone in line that he was blocking 
>stormed up
> >> and shoved a bucket in his face and said "bail".....
> >>
> >> Jim White
> >>
> >> At 02:30 PM 05/25/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> >>> The best entertainment is the Jersey Shore.
> >>> More Money then Brains
> >>>
> >>> people buy a 45 ft cruiser as their first boat. No knowledge, no skill 
>but
> >>> lots of throttle.
> >>>
> >>> TOOOO many stories to tell. and sometimes people get hurt!!
> >>>
> >>> Bob.... now sailing in Eastern Tennessee.
> >>>
> >>>>>> R22RumRunner at aol.com 05/25/04 02:20PM >>>
> >>> Michael,
> >>> The light I'm talking about is on the front of the mast, not on the 
>top.
> >>> On
> >>> an inland lake, you want every possible light on because you have a
> >>> greater
> >>> possibility of being seen. There are very few, if any people that know 
>the
> >>> difference between a steaming light and an anchor light. I always sail
> >>> with a spot
> >>> light at the helm so I can light up my sails when someone gets to
> >>> close.......and I use it a lot.
> >>> The stories I could tell of people with their first boat at the launch
> >>> ramp
> >>> at the marina would fill a book. I sometimes go down their with a 
>cooler
> >>> and
> >>> just sit and watch the circus. Last Friday I actually saw a boat get
> >>> launched
> >>> with a youngster in the boat, but no line going to the dock. The kid 
>had
> >>> to get
> >>> in the water and bring a line to the dock so the father could pull the
> >>> boat in
> >>> to the dock so he and his wife could get aboard. Once on the boat, he
> >>> fired
> >>> it up and took off at full throttle in the marina which is a slow, no 
>wake
> >>> area. I wish I had a dollar for every time I've seen that happen.
> >>>
> >>> Rummy
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