Yes we came upon the poor fellow when his waterline was riding higher than it should, he was hard aground just after high tide, didn't see the need to follow the buoys in. He asked "what should I do now?" I mentioned it was a nice day to spend at the beach, and offered to take him ashore. He reckoned he stay with the boat. I said "well that's fine, the beach is gonna come to you anyway".......
Not the sort of guy you would want to take anywhere...seriously.
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Well at least it stayed upright. I think he will need more than just the high tide to get her outta there. Was likely using a road map....like so many others I've seen high and dry.
He was lucky, he had that hydra wing, or whatever they call it at the bottom of the keel, when the tide came back, he floated off the bar.....never to return......
Not with a sailboat, but I saw that many times growing up, at Cape Lookout, NC. There was a long shallow area at high tide that unknowing boaters would anchor in at high tide, and go across to the ocean side to fish. Boat would be high and dry when they came back. Nothing to do but wait for the tide to come back in.
Dad always warned me about that, and made a point to anchor out past the drop-off.
you think that is bad.. lol.. you should see the north side of the barnegat inlet.. we have a long rock jetty about 500 ft and there is about 150ft that is underwater at high tide!!
We get a few guys taking shortcuts over the Plum Island jetties at night...this guy went aground at Cranes Beach in Ipswich...9' of water at high....zero at low.........
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