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Drying Out
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abcandjrc
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No responses, so I will take a shot at your question, not having experienced it in an R21 myself. (Probably no one wants to fess up to really knowing!)
I would think a "soft" grounding or one due to a tidal drop would be no problem for an R21. Obviously if the prop or rudder gear hit something hard in the process, damage might be caused. Or if the boat settled on a single small rock which tried to take the full load as it settled you might get some hull damage. But that would be true in most modern designs.
I am pretty sure that unless the boat were held across a tidal rip as it refloated, or faced some other very severe and unusual conditions, the boat would just rise as the water-level did and you would be back in business. The boat shouldn't lie so far over on its side that the water would overflow into the boat before it floated.
One thing to always keep in mind if grounded accidentally: Get out into the water and scrub the bottom, looking like it is exactly what you intended and that it was entirely your choice. 😉
Been there and done that.
I would think a "soft" grounding or one due to a tidal drop would be no problem for an R21. Obviously if the prop or rudder gear hit something hard in the process, damage might be caused. Or if the boat settled on a single small rock which tried to take the full load as it settled you might get some hull damage. But that would be true in most modern designs.
I am pretty sure that unless the boat were held across a tidal rip as it refloated, or faced some other very severe and unusual conditions, the boat would just rise as the water-level did and you would be back in business. The boat shouldn't lie so far over on its side that the water would overflow into the boat before it floated.
One thing to always keep in mind if grounded accidentally: Get out into the water and scrub the bottom, looking like it is exactly what you intended and that it was entirely your choice. 😉
Been there and done that.
Dave and Genny
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Never had the experience (knock on wood!) in our 21 so didn't reply!
abcandjrc
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There are places in the world where boats are on the bottom twice a day when in port.
Also see "careening". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Careening
And if one has never run aground he just is not enjoying the boat to the fullest. Even QEII got her bottom smacked a few years back. Check it out..... http://www.hydro-international.com/issu ... abeth.html
Also see "careening". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Careening
And if one has never run aground he just is not enjoying the boat to the fullest. Even QEII got her bottom smacked a few years back. Check it out..... http://www.hydro-international.com/issu ... abeth.html
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Martin,
Confession is good for the soul or so I'm told. After coming through the Ipswich (Ma.) mooring field there is a very round about route that should be taken 2-3 hours before and after low tide. I was playing connect it cans between two large sandbars and did not take into consideration a stiff breeze from my right to left and drove right onto the flatest, sweetest sandbar and sat up dead straight. A quick pull into neutral and power off. Now we wait for dead low and then high tide. I got off the 27 with a brush and cleaned the scum line, I had the time. At dead low the port side was scrubbed clean to the keel. We threw out the hook to keep us from being blown further into a mussel bed. From what I could see there was no damage or even any loss of bottom paint and nothing got sucked into the strainer. With the tide in we proceeded slowly with no noise or vibration of any kind and steerage was not affected. The deep keel save the day and I was lucky, the emergecy Cheez-its and beer also helped. It is One Tough Tug!
John DeCaro (Sallison)
Confession is good for the soul or so I'm told. After coming through the Ipswich (Ma.) mooring field there is a very round about route that should be taken 2-3 hours before and after low tide. I was playing connect it cans between two large sandbars and did not take into consideration a stiff breeze from my right to left and drove right onto the flatest, sweetest sandbar and sat up dead straight. A quick pull into neutral and power off. Now we wait for dead low and then high tide. I got off the 27 with a brush and cleaned the scum line, I had the time. At dead low the port side was scrubbed clean to the keel. We threw out the hook to keep us from being blown further into a mussel bed. From what I could see there was no damage or even any loss of bottom paint and nothing got sucked into the strainer. With the tide in we proceeded slowly with no noise or vibration of any kind and steerage was not affected. The deep keel save the day and I was lucky, the emergecy Cheez-its and beer also helped. It is One Tough Tug!
John DeCaro (Sallison)
abcandjrc
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sleepyboat":1bmfuh6a said:I got off the 27 with a brush and cleaned the scum line, I had the time. At dead low the port side was scrubbed clean to the keel.
Good man! Not only covered up the "Oops!" but got the bottom cleaned.
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LINDSAY'S LAW:
WHEN THE DRAFT OF YOUR VESSEL EXCEEDS THE DEPTH OF THE WATER, YOU ARE MOST ASSUREDLY AGROUND! :roll:
WHEN THE DRAFT OF YOUR VESSEL EXCEEDS THE DEPTH OF THE WATER, YOU ARE MOST ASSUREDLY AGROUND! :roll:
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