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Kinda interesting ...

Two things.
(A) thanks for posting. Now I might be having nightmares.
(2) was “sadbar” intentional?

Perhaps next time the captain of the Lookfar really WILL “lookfar” ...ahead.

Fortunately, Macs can’t get in this situation. Yes, they can get stuck on a sandbar, but they won’t start to fall over into the surf. This boat did so because she was pivoting over on her fixed keel, which a Mac doesn’t have.

As to the title of the tread... yeah... changed.

Kevin,

Sadbar was so much more appropriate.

You could break off a board on something like that, so the macs aren’t immune

Ix

Been stuck on a much smaller keelboat. Used bodies to heel the boat sufficiently to reduce the draft to get the boat off. You might be able to do it on a big boat using a halyard to one tow boat and a second tow boat on the bow. In any event bouncing, in surf, on the keel, can have undesirable results.

Now, if you get a wing keel stuck...

Couple of other options...

The wave action probably helped. Also probably hurt.

Want to waste an afternoon watching videos, Haulover Inlet channel will do it.

I ran aground my first time out. I should have looked at the charts and observed that most of the seemingly wide harbor was actually ~2ft above a giant mudflat....Boy was I glad to have a swing-keel! After pushing it ~20ft we realized we were about 100 yards into the mudflat...Luckily it was low tide so we had lunch, waited an hour for the tide to rise, and sailed off in style and grace (not so much style or grace really).

My thought also

Ixneigh wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 7:42 pm You could break off a board on something like that, so the macs aren’t immune

Ix

Russ wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 6:34 am Want to waste an afternoon watching videos, Haulover Inlet channel will do it.

After crewing for my dad on Wednesday evening races, I decided to give it a try as skipper. I made a good start and headed for the opening in the breakwater at Corpus Christi harbor. I thought it would be clever to cut between the marker and the rocks before heading into the bay, but I was wrong and ran hard aground, fortunately on a sandbar. All I could do was drop the sails and wait for the fleet to pass me by before jumping into the water and physically pushing the Columbia 22 off the sandbar while my crew hung on the lee rigging. Both humiliating and instructive.

I found that even with a swing centerboard, one could screw up. Last year on Lake Travis I tried to back out after catching my centerboard on the rocks and broke the centerboard cable before realizing the only way out was forward.

Stick said:

I thought it would be clever to cut between the marker and the rocks

You bring up a good point.

When I used to sail on the Delaware River, I would go outside of the channel markers because where I sailed, the river is not very wide. Onetime, I saw what appeared to be a small barrel floating. It’s the Delaware; anything could be floating on that river. Anyway, as a approached, what looked to be a barrel, was actually the top of a large pylon, permanently set in the river years ago, but now visible because of low tide. If not for low tide, I could have struck it. Forget the daggerboard, it would have ripped a catastrophic hole in the hull.

We float in a foot of water (.3m), but what lurks inches (cm) below can ruin a day. I learned my lesson, respect those red and green buoys.

SV_Delphinia wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 2:47 am I ran aground my first time out. I should have looked at the charts and observed that most of the seemingly wide harbor was actually ~2ft above a giant mudflat....Boy was I glad to have a swing-keel! After pushing it ~20ft we realized we were about 100 yards into the mudflat...Luckily it was low tide so we had lunch, waited an hour for the tide to rise, and sailed off in style and grace (not so much style or grace really).

For me it was not the first time out. I waited until the first time I had guests on the boat to run up on a sandbar.

NiceAft wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 4:48 am Stick said:

I thought it would be clever to cut between the marker and the rocks

You bring up a good point.

When I used to sail on the Delaware River, I would go outside of the channel markers because where I sailed, the river is not very wide. Onetime, I saw what appeared to be a small barrel floating. It’s the Delaware; anything could be floating on that river. Anyway, as a approached, what looked to be a barrel, was actually the top of a large pylon, permanently set in the river years ago, but now visible because of low tide. If not for low tide, I could have struck it. Forget the daggerboard, it would have ripped a catastrophic hole in the hull.

We float in a foot of water (.3m), but what lurks inches (cm) below can ruin a day. I learned my lesson, respect those red and green buoys.

Ran into submerged steel pipes exploring the shallows around Key west. Left a nice gouge I had to fix.