Crosby also had a wooden hull schooner in Santa Barbara and I spent a little time on it same way (skipper acquaintanc). Seems they had some common expensive hobbies. It was pretty classic but that one looks even nicer.
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How Not to Park Your Boat
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That is a nice rig. Damn shame.
But Skully finds it humorous.
Not that he has ever owned a boat, knows how to operate or boat, or ever will.
It happens frequently here. People inexperienced with the local reefs, or just get dragged off course severely due to storms and cannot handle getting the boat to safe harbor.
This one happened on the leeward side, just last 31st of August.
The one in the pics above was being one man navigated in some round the world race, and clearly went off course. Guy's ok, his boat is toast.
I surfed the left just outside the boat last weekend. It runs right into the boat on low tide. Local search and rescue were able to drain almost 300 liters of diesel from her safely.
This one happened on the leeward side, just last 31st of August.
The one in the pics above was being one man navigated in some round the world race, and clearly went off course. Guy's ok, his boat is toast.
I surfed the left just outside the boat last weekend. It runs right into the boat on low tide. Local search and rescue were able to drain almost 300 liters of diesel from her safely.
It’s funny you say that. Just parked a boat for the first time in years about 45min ago in a stiff breeze.
Currently in Rhode Island spending some time with my mother and attending an old friends wedding. He was kind enough to lend me his old 13’ whaler that we used to do all kinds of dumb sh!t in as kids. He ripped out the steering console and put in a tiller steered 40hp Yamaha. I had never driven a tiller with so much power, thing will do +40mph if you have some weight up front to keep the bow down. Fun times but my mother and gf were a bit freaked out and made me slow down. With that much power and a tiller you can’t let go of the tiller or you’ll be in a drink in an instant, so they weren’t wrong. Docking wasn’t exactly pretty for the first time in years but I still remember how to do it. When I was a kid I had a 17’ Whaler Newport just like this…
ours was an older one trimmed out in teak with a 90hp Johnson. We used to cruise out to block island with no radio (before cell phones) and low visibility. Sometimes coming back after dark with no running lights. Lots of dumb sh!t I shouldn’t have survived and would never attempt now that I understand consequences. I know boats fairly well, but I don’t know sh!t about sailing. Sailed in one regatta and I was pretty much ballast, just did my best to stay out of the way and not get knocked overboard.
"Wanna go for a boat ride today?
Over packed "Open Bow Rider's" with no one wearing a life vest ....
Pontoon boats in the Ocean ....
We called them drowning parties"Wanna go for a boat ride today?
Over packed "Open Bow Rider's" with no one wearing a life vest ....
Pontoon boats in the Ocean ....
This is the lil whaler I’m borrowing for the next few weeks…
I’d be out there salvaging like a mother fucker.
Marine salvage law rules.
wavetrain.net
Marine salvage law rules.
SALVAGE LAW: Do You Get to Keep an Abandoned Boat? - Wave Train
The dogs of salvage and how to avoid them
wavetrain.net
Not really abandoned, the guy ran aground in a storm. The local authorities were all over it immediately, now they are awaiting the insurance companies decision whether to rescue and refloat it, or leave it to be salvaged.
If that's the case, surely it will be stripped in no time at all... just like the American Star was...
It's now just a reef people surf in summer.
If that's the case, surely it will be stripped in no time at all... just like the American Star was...
It's now just a reef people surf in summer.
Pics of people surfing next to wrecks are a trip. I’d love to have done that once.
Id also have at least climbed aboard that sailboat and snooped around for the erBB.
All the good stuff (electronics, power winches, etc) is gone after the first real dark night. Real nice binnacle mount compasses go for more than a g.
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I’d climb that ladder and then probably run around the decks yelling fuerte! right ahead!!!
a bunch along with exploring everything. Belowdecks must be gnarly on a changing king tide.