Let's see, port means left....right?

[killdeer43]

Out on the briny for 9 hours yesterday, checking out bird numbers and couldn't help but notice this unfortunate son.

The channel markers are pretty clear so you can only wonder. :anonymous:

Joe

 

[Dr Izza Plumber]

Gilligan's done it again.

 

[learnintoplay62]

Wow ! Now that's an expensive mis-hap:hororr:

 

[fronobulax]

I'll plead ignorance to the ways of boating and boaters, preferring to spend my money on basses, but I have seen similar things before and been told it was "normal" in that someone deliberately decided to anchor in a place that would not be very deep at low tide. I was also told the only damage was that the boat was stuck there until the tide came back. So is this really a "mishap"? Am I too gullible?

 

[charliea]

I'll plead ignorance to the ways of boating and boaters, preferring to spend my money on basses, but I have seen similar things before and been told it was "normal" in that someone deliberately decided to anchor in a place that would not be very deep at low tide. I was also told the only damage was that the boat was stuck there until the tide came back. So is this really a "mishap"? Am I too gullible?

That's often done to enable bottom cleaning. Probably what's going on here.

 

[fronobulax]

That's often done to enable bottom cleaning. Probably what's going on here.

Thank you.

 

[dreadnut]

I was gonna say, tide'll be in before too long. Sure looks like a Washington beach with all that driftwood.

On Whidbey Island, we'd watch the seagulls pick clams at low tide, then they'd fly about 20 feet high and drop them on the road, the clams would smash on the pavement and be ready to eat!

 

[killdeer43]

This was actually on the south end of the Swinomish Channel, Marc, south of La Conner, and just north of Whidbey. To paraphrase the old adage, a high tide lifts all boats.

*Sorry Charlie, but I dare say that hull cleaning was not the intention here. The location is a long, mucky hike to anyplace you might want to be to prepare for cleaning. Misreading the time and misjudging the tide are more likely causes for this particular event. :subdued:

Joe

 

[charliea]

This was actually on the south end of the Swinomish Channel, Marc, south of La Conner, and just north of Whidbey. To paraphrase the old adage, a high tide lifts all boats.

*Sorry Charlie, but I dare say that hull cleaning was not the intention here. The location is a long, mucky hike to anyplace you might want to be to prepare for cleaning. Misreading the time and misjudging the tide are more likely causes for this particular event. :subdued:

Joe

Then I've gotta agree, he doesn't know much. The first thing you'd do is get an anchor out as far as possible toward deeper water. I don't see an anchor at all. Gotta wonder what's going to happen when the tide comes in.

 

[poser]

Reminds me of a time I went on a weekend sail with a bunch of novices. A few hours into the sail I realized (to my great dismay) that I had the most sailing experience of anyone in the group. And I considered myself to be a pretty inexperienced sailor. We were sailing at night to catch the off-shore breeze. I was trying to sleep when I heard the guy manning the tiller say, "I don't think we're moving". I crawled out and tossed something buoyant into the water. It pretty much stayed in one spot. Not too long after that we started to hear a trickle of running water as it drained from the tidal flat. It was the middle of the night. We were about 3/4 of a mile off shore and surrounded by mud. If one of us had jumped out of the boat I'm guessing that the much would have been at least knee deep if not waist deep. It was a long anxious wait for the tide to come back in ...

 

[Jeff_L]

Hopefully, the only thing hurt was the sailor's pride.

 

[poser]

Thanks for the concern; yes, it was only pride that was hurt. The boat was undamaged. Our trip continued with many more adventures after that.