Posted by Jacqui MacConnell (jacimacc@…>)
This thread may have gone on a bit. If my comments are
redundant, we’ve been away at a kid’s graduation.
Here’s what may be relevant in my experience. I’ve
unintentionally grounded Sparrow in soft mud twice.
This, where the water walked away during tide shifts.
Not a grinding grounding, under power.
The first time, once home, I wrote kind p.o. (prior
owner) Brian Guptil
for commentry, and had the boat pulled to do visual
examination. No problems whatsoever.
The second time, a year later, we just carefully
waited out the tide’s return, while walking along the
centerline of the boat. Again, pullled the boat.
Again, no problems.
Though the yard boss said, “you should see that other
guy’s boat who was grounded this weekend. Man, he’s
still up on the hard. He’ll be with us a while.”
[Not a Freedom?]
So, while it isn’t intended to be standard operating
procedure, this further illustrates these boats are
b-u-i-l-t. Sparrow is a 36/38, and has the deep fin
keel. My hunch is, if that keel will stand it, a shoal
would, too.
Yes, I did methodically check tide futures. Perhaps
it’s time to see to the depth transducer, or its
calibration? Thank goodness for over built boats. Back
up for newbies. Safety for every one else…
Hope this helps.
Yours in humility and, still learning,
“captain” Jac,
SPARROW
1986 F36/38 Hull 48
— Mark Lynch <lzranch@…> wrote:
Larry;
I would worry about losing your rudder as the rudder
and keel are
about the same depth on the shoal keel models. You
may miss three
weeks of sailing but you could lose a lot more if
you rush it.
Mark
F35 (shoal draft)
On May 29, 2006, at 7:03 AM, w9wta wrote:
Does anyone know of what would happen if a Freedom
36 (shoal keel)
accidentally got
stuck on a sand bar with a falling tide and had to
sit out a tide
cycle? (On soft mud)
My boat yard is up a tidal river in New England
and complicactions
slowed my progress on
getting my boat ready to launch. The next few
weeks are dismally
low tides during
daylight hours. So, if I launched, I could
probably get to sea ok,
but there is a chance I
would get stuck. If I did, how would the boat
perform? Would it sit
on its side and right
itself with the next tide? How far over? Would I
have battery fluid
pouring out, Water Tank
can be kept low. I have half a tank of fuel. Would
the Mast support
itself at that angle?
Has anyone experienced this?
Or should I give up and wait 3 weeks for a better
tide and not take
the risk?
Opinions?
Larry
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