Day 18, August 20, 2009
An almost disaster has struck! Gill and I were anchored for the night off a nice beach close to where Paul and Sue were having their boat repaired. A little after midnight on the morning of the 20th a storm came up with high winds and waves. Periwinkle was bouncing quite badly and we were concerned that we might drag our anchor and end up on the beach. There is a little harbour near by called Round Lake that is quite protected, so we decided to move the boat so that we could sleep more comfortably. Unfortunately when the anchor came up at 0100, we were pushed unto the sand before we could get the boat underway properly. We were stuck fast and couldn't power off. Periwinkle was sitting on her keel, listing about 20 degrees with the waves causing the rudder to bang on the bottom. We called the U.S. Coast Guard and after they very efficiently collected all sorts of information, asked us if we wanted a tug to pull us off. We replied that we were members BoatUS and would they call TowboatUS for the tow. The towboat arrived at 0300 and one can appreciate we were a little stressed out by then. It took the towboat about half an hour to get us off and they pulled us into the Irish Boat Works yard at 0400. After we slept for a few hours, I dove on the boat to check for rudder damage. the rudder was okay but I discovered hunks of fairing had come off the keel at the join. we decided to have the boat hauled to have the keel repaired. The boatyard was very good and hauled Periwinkle right away and after looking at it suggested we hire a Marine Surveyor to look at it before they did any work. We called a Surveyor, Mike Ballard, and he agreed to meet us in the morning at 0900 (Friday August 21). After all this, we went to bed on Periwinkle happily suspended in the travel-lift.
An almost disaster has struck! Gill and I were anchored for the night off a nice beach close to where Paul and Sue were having their boat repaired. A little after midnight on the morning of the 20th a storm came up with high winds and waves. Periwinkle was bouncing quite badly and we were concerned that we might drag our anchor and end up on the beach. There is a little harbour near by called Round Lake that is quite protected, so we decided to move the boat so that we could sleep more comfortably. Unfortunately when the anchor came up at 0100, we were pushed unto the sand before we could get the boat underway properly. We were stuck fast and couldn't power off. Periwinkle was sitting on her keel, listing about 20 degrees with the waves causing the rudder to bang on the bottom. We called the U.S. Coast Guard and after they very efficiently collected all sorts of information, asked us if we wanted a tug to pull us off. We replied that we were members BoatUS and would they call TowboatUS for the tow. The towboat arrived at 0300 and one can appreciate we were a little stressed out by then. It took the towboat about half an hour to get us off and they pulled us into the Irish Boat Works yard at 0400. After we slept for a few hours, I dove on the boat to check for rudder damage. the rudder was okay but I discovered hunks of fairing had come off the keel at the join. we decided to have the boat hauled to have the keel repaired. The boatyard was very good and hauled Periwinkle right away and after looking at it suggested we hire a Marine Surveyor to look at it before they did any work. We called a Surveyor, Mike Ballard, and he agreed to meet us in the morning at 0900 (Friday August 21). After all this, we went to bed on Periwinkle happily suspended in the travel-lift.
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