That is so true. With my eight-foot draft I always feel that I go aground a lot. I certainly have lots of opportunity in the Atlantic ICW. But I also see (and often rescue) others with much shallower draft that are aground too.
No matter what your draft, if you sail in shallow waters (and the definition of "shallow" varies with one's draft) you will go aground. The main problem with a deep draft is not so much grounding, but limiting access to protected waters. Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek 30 07.695N 081 38.484W > I began offshore sailing many years ago with a great friend, Karl Millen, in > his boat "Succubus," an Islander 32, Mark II that drew 5.5 feet. When we > sailed in the Bahamas Karl was practically paranoid that he was going to run > aground. One time we met a fellow cruiser in Nassau over sundowners. When > Karl learned that the other fellow's boat only drew 4 feet, Karl enthused > and when on about how great it would be to only draw 4 feet. The other > fellow then said, "Karl, the only difference between your boat and mine is > that we run aground in different places. We both still run aground, just in > different places." > > Lee Huddleston > S/V Truelove > > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
