Top Ten Things to Do While Aground

[GordMay]

Went diving.
Took some pictures of a beautiful coral head alongside our boat.
Can’t find them now, but here’s “Southbound”, slightly askew.

[Pete7]

You will probably be wondering how you are going to use the heads for the next 12 hours now the boat is at 45 degrees and you are surrounded by mud.

Pete

[Hydra]

Scrub the bottom.

Alain

[Rhapsody-NS27]

Went to the site. It was hilarious watching the black cat trying to spread its feet trying to get his footing. Didn't look like he understood what was going on. Good way to have fun with the camera with everyone leaning over so much.

[Feral Cement]

Originally Posted by zeehag

y'all forgot sex.

So THAT'S what those handholds are for!

[Jim Cate]

Well, I think that sometime before the water returned I'd be looking for the hatchboards, checking that all the ports and deck hatches were dogged, stuffing any dorades or engine room vents with towels and generally assuring that if she was slow to rise that water would stay on the outside.

Putting an anchor out to deeper water would be advisable as well.

When all that was done, an underwater hull inspection/cleaning is a good time killer, followed by an adult beverage and a display of patience.

Cheers,

JIm

[Bash]

I belong to a yacht club that requires that the first thing a member should do upon going aground is to strike the burgee.

[barnakiel]

Kamasutra.

;-)
b.

[David M]

Originally Posted by Bash

I belong to a yacht club that requires that the first thing a member should do upon going aground is to strike the burgee.

Who might that be?

[Jim Cate]

Originally Posted by Bash

I belong to a yacht club that requires that the first thing a member should do upon going aground is to strike the burgee.

Sounds like another club full of marina sitters.

Avoid.

Jim

[Bash]

Originally Posted by Jim Cate

Sounds like another club full of marina sitters.

Avoid.

You couldn't be farther from the truth. It's a club in the south bay where the water gets quite thin and where active sailors will tend to go aground more frequently than those who sail deeper water. Their cruising and racing fleets are both quite active--it's not uncommon to see 30 boats turn out for the beer can series, and to see 20 boat show up for cruises.

[hummingway]

Originally Posted by Bash

--it's not uncommon to see 30 boats turn out for the beer can series,

And I guess only 29 return?

[way-happy]

That sure was fun!

[Capt Phil]

It's been a few decades now but running aground in a remote, sandy, protected bay in Barclay Sound on Vancouver Islands' west coast was one delightful experience. With a fast falling tide, we were quickly lying with the toe rail in the water. A couple of glasses of wine, and off we went digging a bucket of clams in less than 5 minutes. Back to the boat, filled the bucket with fresh sea water to let the clams spit, off with the wet clothes to dry them out on top of the coach house, finished off the wine bottle and opened another. Took it and strolled ashore with a blanket, drank wine in the sun lying starkers on the beach for a few hours... marvelous memories while we waited for the tide to refloat us. To me running aground is what you make it... Capt Phil