Ran aground... boat stopped like I had breaks! :-(

PMC said:
WOW - Lots to read - I'm at work now and I just wanted to glance at a few posts - got hooked on this one.


I came though the Babylon cut Saturday evening - it is a dead nuts (technical term) North / South channel - follow that with your compass.


That is a narrow channel - flats are on both East and West sides. Where did you ground? In the Babylon cut or State Channel? Coming around the island from the cut to SC is tricky - there is NO water and you need to say clear of the East side of the channel. This brings you into a no-wake zone. Keep that in mind.


I do concur that the State Channel is 12MPH - but in all honesty you will not find a single vessel complying with that rule (putting my flame retardant suit on now :grin:)
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I grounded exactly where you mentioned... coming around the island from the cut. I took the turn a little too sharp. It sure is shallow :smt021

I agree w/ you on the 12MPH limit... i never see ANYONE ad hear to that. Not saying its the right thing to do... just never see it.

Thanks for the advice!
 
TurtleTone said:
i'm not arguing, heck... i've made lots of stupid decision mistakes. Beer is good, especially when someone else buys them.

I'm in the city, anytime you want.
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:grin: We'll have to meet at Whiskey Trader one day. Its on 55th i believe.
 
Another "wingless?" (edited)

Come on Scuma, play nice, lighten up and you might find a lot of valuable information on this forum.

gnealon,

Thanks for sharing! We all make those mistakes and guess what? There are more to come.:wow:
 
Im also at work and got hooked on this, oh the humanity.
Hey Turtletone please pass the popcorn.
 
Four Suns said:
Blaming a GPS for running aground at high speed at night is like my son blaming me for getting a reckless driving ticket as I was the one who bought him a car. Am I the only one who thinks that a GPS is not a heads down display? sheez.... I don't trust a single GPS even during the daylight hours (that's why I have two). Here... I even have a picture that's in my book appropriately labeled:

bridge.jpg


My boat becomes an 8-knot trawler after the sun goes down... You are lucky... I know some people that hit a daymarker at midnight a few years ago and it put a 12-foot gash down the side of the boat, one person had a dislocated shoulder, and the boat sank in two minutes.... gone... poof... just them floating in the middle of a seven mile wide river going out to sea with the tide... it total darkness...

You should come over and ride go carts with me.
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Gotta go with Gary on this one.

GPS is a replacement for paper charts. It is NOT a replacement for Mk1 Eyeballs.

There was another poster that was angry when his GPS was off by 50 feet when he was running a channel high speed at night. . . .caused some sort of mishap.

There simply is NO substitue for eye-to-object contact when pleasure boating.
 
Dang! Nothing else to add to this thread. Could throw in a few of my favorite phrases; there are a couple of candidate posts that merit such. But I'm going to refrain for now and just have another handful of popcorn.

Well, OK. I throw in somethings.
  1. Always turn off or dim to the greatest degree possible all lights aboard. A brightly lit GPS, helm, etc reduces the helmsman's ability to see unlit things, such as shorelines and markers.
  2. Radar is good. Great in fog and also at night. I always use mine.

Best regards,
Frank
 
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fc3 said:
Always turn off or dim to the greatest degree possible all lights aboard. A brightly lit GPS, helm, etc reduces the helmsman's ability to see unlit things, such as shorelines and markers.
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damn... hit it right on the nose. When i first when out i had to adjust all the lighting levels. I couldn't see a damn with that screen in my face.

Thanks for the tips! Radar would be nice. Would have rather put the cost of this fix towards a radar unit! haha
 
It makes for great conversation :smt021

I never said that - yes you did right here!!
 
In a previous post you said "I have never owned a boat before and the new one i just bought comes next Wednesday" This speaks volumes. While admitting your mistakes is a good start, please get some good education before you do seroius harm to yourself, your guests, your boat and the property and lives of others on the water. Hiring a captain to take you out and train you may be advisable.

This is seroius business and I would hate to see ignorance cause a serious accident. A lot of times it is what we don't know that will kill us!

Count your bleesing this time and arm yourself with the proper knowledge so there will not be a next time, or so when you find yourself in dangerous situations, you will know how to handle it before it escalates.

Best of luck and I hope you have many years of safe and pleasurable boating ahead.
 
Did anyone pick up on the title to this thread?

Breaks, should be brakes.... :lol::smt021
 
In Two Deep said:
In a previous post you said "I have never owned a boat before and the new one i just bought comes next Wednesday" This speaks volumes. While admitting your mistakes is a good start, please get some good education before you do seroius harm to yourself, your guests, your boat and the property and lives of others on the water. Hiring a captain to take you out and train you may be advisable.

This is seroius business and I would hate to see ignorance cause a serious accident. A lot of times it is what we don't know that will kill us!

Count your bleesing this time and arm yourself with the proper knowledge so there will not be a next time, or so when you find yourself in dangerous situations, you will know how to handle it before it escalates.

Best of luck and I hope you have many years of safe and pleasurable boating ahead.
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I am new to boating.. i admit that. But I would have never taken this trip alone. I took it w/ 2 guys who knew those waters very well. It was my fault, took a corner too sharp. But the entire trip i was with people who knew this cut inside and out.
 
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