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Got Keel?
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Amateur perspective 1. it IS marked on PAPER charts 2. Not using a breaking bag on a towing line could cut a guy in half when snapping under that sort of load 3. Trying to just pull a boat off a rock without knowing where on the hull the boat is pinned can cause way more damage 4 throw a main halliard to a power boat, tip the vessel slowly and see if the boat wiggles off the rock while keel is pulled upwards reducing draft 5. good fun anyway !!
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I almost blew chunks! I hate that sound!
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I give up.. The rock they hit (outside Marstrand) is now named "Luringen" meaning either "the tricky one" or "Phone handset"... Typical Gothenburg sence of humor :)
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@jofach bloody iPad... Well, what Was
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Funny, the rock they hit (outsider
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That's not a good idea. We ran aground and tried that tactic and it snapped the rig in half...
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You're an idiot, deal with it, not everyone runs a multi-million dollar boat on ground but you will most likely because you're retarded.
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Your the pro, why are you watching youtube and not steering that boat? Shit happens to the best of them. (but not you, of course)
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Not if you take the main halyard and pull that with another boat until the boat is healed over to reduce the draft, then it should be able to be freed...
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Completely agree. I only even posted in the first place because of the "absolute incompetence" comment above. My point from the start was there are many things that can put a good sailor on the rocks. Doesn't matter what... just that it doesn't mean incompetence.
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or maybe they just made a mistake? How about that...It is possible for sailors to make mistakes you know, it doesn't have to be a technical issue, human error have know to happen.
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So we assume the chart was up to date and error-free (may not be the case, errors can and do creep in during updates)... Quoting myself : "...you know for sure they hadn't been given inaccurate tidal data? Didn't have a badly calibrated sounder? Many things can put a good sailor on the rocks."
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Every shallow, rock, boulder and outcrops is know in the Stockholm archipelago! They were racing in the main shipping lane and it's very well charted. The archipelago is know for being pretty shallow and those VO70 has a pretty deep draft of more than four meters. Going that close to shore was really risky. No other boats did that.
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Actually there's lots of tide in the Baltic including tidal currents. They racing in the Stockholm archipelago which is know for it's many rocky outcrops.
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yeah try to pull it forward up over the rock..LOL
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Really? Did not know that. Interesting. Looked it up on Wikipedia. What a unquie planet!
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There is no tide in the Baltic.
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You do more damage towing it off the rock than waiting for the tide.
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in·com·pe·tent/inˈkämpətənt/ Adjective: Not having the necessary skills to do something successfully. But that definition the F1 driver is incompetent if he crashes....:)
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The boat hit a rock while sailing at 14 knots at the beginning of Leg 9. The team was leading the Volvo Ocean Race fleet after leaving for Stockholm and was second overall in points. It took two hours to free the boat and the team was forced to return Marstrand for repairs. Fortunately, there were no major injuries. www.rockportsailing.com www.twitter.com/rockportsailing www.facebook.com/pages/Rockport-Sailing/87466077765