Sandra, I carry a small bolt cutter to cut cables, if necessary, in the event that I have an experience similar to yours. You may want to consider adding one to your tool inventory. Glad to hear there were no injuries.
Clarence Andrews Carpe Ventum M-17 #604 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Seawitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 12:00 PM Subject: M_Boats: Vacation in FL > Hi all, thought I would share with you my recent experience in Fl. I > trailered Seawitch down to St. Petersburg to spend the Thanksgiving > week sailing on Tampa Bay. The weather was in the 80's during the day, > and sunny most of the time. I launched at the Municipal boat ramp on > Demens Landing in downtown St. Pete. Prior arangements got us a spot > in Harborage Marina, not far from Demens. On my final sail Fri. the > winds were 10-15, and predicted to be increasing as the day progressed > due to a major cold front rolling in. I had full sails and we were > moving along on a port tack. I decided it was time to start making way > towards Demens to haul out so we tacked to starboard. My 1st mate, my > 7 year old grand daughter moved from the starboard side of the boat in > order to be on the high side with me. I was looking at the port side > stay and before my eyes, it pinged where it enters the swedge, and from > there in seconds it unraveled and the mast, boom and all the sails > droped into the water on the starboard side. I hauled the whole mess > up onto the boat, secured things with some of the line that was > floating aroound. A large motor boat came along, and offered to tow us > into the launch area. Once tied up to the dock, I was able to unravel > all the line and cables and get things back in order so I could haul > her out for the ride back to GA. Now, I will spend the winter working > on getting the boat re rigged. I will probably replace all stays since > I no longer feel like I can trust the existing rigging. This time I > want to have more easily adjustable stays. As always, I appreciate > your comments and the benefit of those of you who have more experience > than I. > > ===== > Time for a cool change! > Sandra(Seawitch #617) > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now > http://companion.yahoo.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
