But really, the boat doesn't seem that stuck. The canal drops almost instantly to massive depth at the edge. Only that bulbous nose is really in the sand. And with that jacknifed angle, hauling on the stern laterally to starboard will just wrench the nose free.
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worked in 420's and 29ers!
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Skipper here as well. Boggles my mind that they can’t winch that thing out from land
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That's another option. They don't seem to have a single line on the stern, going to anything. Just seems so odd.
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I will never feel bad again about messing up un/docking our 30 foot sailboat (a J100)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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My understanding is that it is about the strain on the hull given its size and weight; too hasty an attempt could crack the thing in the middle and then the canal would be blocked for weeks-to-months rather than days-to-weeks.
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That seems like a real danger.
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Hey look I know nothing about sailing but this seems a bit like the “you could build Twitter in a weekend” attitude that startup folks who never worked in a big company have
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The just need to call Sea Tow. They must have let their membership expire....
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42-foot sailboats don't weigh 200,000 tons.
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Having experienced a 40-footer coming free from a tidal mudflat on a rising tide, can you imagine the fun & games if they tried to float this off.
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