[Rhodes22-list] Nightmare

[Caesar Paul]

Stephen,

 Indeed you did.  There is no waking up from that.  Glad it ended well for you.

I recently read of a guy who sailed half way around the world, left his boat in 
a marina in Australia and flew home, only to be contacted some time later with 
the bad news that his boat broke free during a storm and became lost at sea.

Caesar






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From: Stephen Staum <staum at earthlink.net>
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Sat, February 19, 2011 9:42:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Nightmare

Caesar,

I lived your nightmare two years ago.  I invited another couple to join my wife 
Carol and me for an afternoon sail on the Saturday after Labor Day.  I had 
sailed on Labor Day (the previous Monday).  When we arrived to the mooring area 
on the club launch we found my boat missing, mooring and all!  Our guests, who 
had never sailed with us before said: "Sure you have a boat".

We retreated back to the club and called the Coast Guard to report the boat 
missing.  To salvage some of the afternoon we proceeded to have lunch 
overlooking the water on our club's outdoor deck.  Not more than 10 minutes 
later the Coast Guard called back with news that a power boater had found my 
boat and responded to their radio call.  He found it a couple of miles away from 
our mooring field, mooring still attached and sitting bow low as the Rhodes had 
dragged the mooring (a 300# mushroom) out to deep water.  The good samaritan 
tied a line to the mooring and dragged it to as shallow a place as he could get 
it to.  I gave the launch driver a healthy tip and he agreed to take us out 
there.  Since the boat appeared undamaged, we hopped aboard and enjoyed our 
afternoon sail.  I tied up to a borrowed mooring until I had a chance to drag my 
mooring back and hoist it on deck to check it out.  Apparently, a frozen swivel 
had allowed the chain to twist and foul which shortened it !
enough that the boat went out to sea on the next high tide (our tide variation 
can be up to 10').  $200 worth of chain later, my mooring was operational and 
back in place.

Take heed that not all nightmares end badly.

Fair winds to all,

Stephen Staum
'87 Rhodes 22, Carol Lee
Needham, MA

-----Original Message----- 
From: Caesar Paul 
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 3:47 PM 
To: Rhodes List 
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Nightmare 

Have you ever dreamt that you lost your boat, or that it was stolen, or that it 
sank, or some such thing?

I dreamt last night that my boat was at some new sailing destination in the 
water, and I arrived with motor, anchor and rode to ready it for departure, only 

to be told by someone that he gave it away.

  Imagine my shock and horror! Was I glad to awake this morning and realize that 

I was dreaming.  So realistic was the dream.

And please don't ask what I had for dinner last night.  

Caesar
Gentle Breeze
1986 recycled 2008
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