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HELLO ALL STATIONS, HELLO ALL STATIONS
Report from the road, so to speak.
Spent a week at Key West and another at Key Largo then on to Miami
Beach.
That is where it got interesting one evening. Picture this:
Anchored off Palm Island a really nice place, no home under 2 mil. !!!
Anyway, just North of us is a large mooring field with dozens of boats.
Just before dark I noticed someone attempting to anchor a 3 ft.boat
upwind of us. The man leaves the bow and gets in his dingy with the
anchor hanging, not in the water. Even I can see trouble. He comes
toward CCRIDER and says it is not his boat and that he is trying to
save
it, as it broke loose from its mooring. By now it is bearing down on
us. I grab a line and ask him to get it on the drifting boat but in the
25 mph wind it is already hitting my anchor rode. I push it off with a
pole as he gets a line on it and I tie it to my boat.
By the way there is a low bridge about 75 yards behind us that would
have wrecked the boat.
I climb aboard and find the anchor line and chain frozen in the
windlass. I cut the line and tie it direct to the anchor getting ready
to deploy it if my anchor starts to drag with the extra weight.
While all this is going on Pat call the Coast Guard who show up within
minutes as does SEA TOW.
They take the boat and we breath easier.
The runaway boat was tied to the mooring with a measly = inch braided
line that had chaffed thru. Now for the rest of the story it was
a SEARAY. What else!!!!!
We are anchored at Fort Lauderdale for a few days. Then will ooze
Northward.
CCC
--
M/V CC RIDER
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS
Charles C. Jr. and Pat Culotta
Patterson, La
http://www.geocities.com/charlesculotta/
And what are you inplying? Are people that own Searays less capable than
people that own trawlers? I have seen some pretty stupid tricks by
trawler owners as well... What your point?
HELLO ALL STATIONS, HELLO ALL STATIONS
Report from the road, so to speak.
Spent a week at Key West and another at Key Largo then on to Miami
Beach.
That is where it got interesting one evening. Picture this:
Anchored off Palm Island a really nice place, no home under 2 mil.
!!!
Anyway, just North of us is a large mooring field with dozens of
boats.
Just before dark I noticed someone attempting to anchor a 3 ft.boat
upwind of us. The man leaves the bow and gets in his dingy with the
anchor hanging, not in the water. Even I can see trouble. He comes
toward CCRIDER and says it is not his boat and that he is trying to
save
it, as it broke loose from its mooring. By now it is bearing down on
us. I grab a line and ask him to get it on the drifting boat but in
the
25 mph wind it is already hitting my anchor rode. I push it off with
a
pole as he gets a line on it and I tie it to my boat.
By the way there is a low bridge about 75 yards behind us that would
have wrecked the boat.
I climb aboard and find the anchor line and chain frozen in the
windlass. I cut the line and tie it direct to the anchor getting
ready
to deploy it if my anchor starts to drag with the extra weight.
While all this is going on Pat call the Coast Guard who show up
within
minutes as does SEA TOW.
They take the boat and we breath easier.
The runaway boat was tied to the mooring with a measly = inch braided
line that had chaffed thru. Now for the rest of the story it was
a SEARAY. What else!!!!!
We are anchored at Fort Lauderdale for a few days. Then will ooze
Northward.
CCC
--
M/V CC RIDER
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS
Charles C. Jr. and Pat Culotta
Patterson, La
http://www.geocities.com/charlesculotta/
Come on guys... and owners... keep your comments low key about who owns
Trawlers and Searays or others. I command a Search and Rescue Auxiliary unit
and have 535 cases (rescues) completed so far and I have seen some
extreeeeemely good ones that I cannot comment about as some are still in
court. Some trawler owners ans others have refused our help because of their
prized possessions, and we have stood by. Later, in serious trouble we were
asked for assistance. We helped not for the stupidities commited but to save
lives of passengers who are innocent. Some case are of plain stupidity and
have caused hardships for many and a chaffed line on a Searay does not even
come close to the stupidities that some Trawler owners and others have
done... No one is immune to quick decision making and making errors to try
and save the boat first and people after... I will stop here. I will commend
those that risk a little to save a lot while keeping themselves and others
safe.
I have done rescue works in Canada, in the east and west coast, in our area
between Montreal and Cornwall ON, the Great Lakes, Lake Champlian, the US,
Dominican Republic and more...
When those of you who will travel in the St Lawrence river between lock 4
and 5 slow down a little and call the AUXILIARY 1230 so I can salute you...
and do so! I will salute anyone who can honestly go by and say that they
never had anything happen to them. I will even tell them some of the stupid
thing that I have done and learned from those.
I will even help anyone in transit who have questions about this area and
more...
Yours in boating safety
Regards,
Roger
Just recently received a Service Medal for exemplary service for 25 years in
Search and Rescue Commander and Regional Training Advisor.
----- Original Message -----
From: michaelv@nothinbut.net
To: "Charles Culotta" charlesculotta@gmail.com
Cc: "Great Circle Listserv" great-loop@lists.samurai.com
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 6:44 AM
Subject: Re: GL: great circle cruise AP29
And what are you inplying? Are people that own Searays less capable than
people that own trawlers? I have seen some pretty stupid tricks by
trawler owners as well... What your point?
HELLO ALL STATIONS, HELLO ALL STATIONS
Report from the road, so to speak.
Spent a week at Key West and another at Key Largo then on to Miami
Beach.
That is where it got interesting one evening. Picture this:
Anchored off Palm Island a really nice place, no home under 2 mil.
!!!
Anyway, just North of us is a large mooring field with dozens of
boats.
Just before dark I noticed someone attempting to anchor a 3 ft.boat
upwind of us. The man leaves the bow and gets in his dingy with the
anchor hanging, not in the water. Even I can see trouble. He comes
toward CCRIDER and says it is not his boat and that he is trying to
save
it, as it broke loose from its mooring. By now it is bearing down
on
us. I grab a line and ask him to get it on the drifting boat but in
the
25 mph wind it is already hitting my anchor rode. I push it off with
a
pole as he gets a line on it and I tie it to my boat.
By the way there is a low bridge about 75 yards behind us that would
have wrecked the boat.
I climb aboard and find the anchor line and chain frozen in the
windlass. I cut the line and tie it direct to the anchor getting
ready
to deploy it if my anchor starts to drag with the extra weight.
While all this is going on Pat call the Coast Guard who show up
within
minutes as does SEA TOW.
They take the boat and we breath easier.
The runaway boat was tied to the mooring with a measly = inch
braided
line that had chaffed thru. Now for the rest of the story it was
a SEARAY. What else!!!!!
We are anchored at Fort Lauderdale for a few days. Then will ooze
Northward.
CCC
--
M/V CC RIDER
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS
Charles C. Jr. and Pat Culotta
Patterson, La
http://www.geocities.com/charlesculotta/
Thanks, Roger. And the same holds true for the "diaper flappers"
who act as if we "stinkpotters" are the only ones who make stupid!!!
D C "Mac" Macdonald
m/v Another Adventure
Grand Lake - OKlahoma
----Original Message Follows----
From: "Roger Lalonde" seabreez@cogeco.ca
To: "Charles Culotta" charlesculotta@gmail.com, michaelv@nothinbut.net
CC:
"Trawlers-and-Trawlering-Confirm+8dc4b2617cedbbb9f6a652e8db6f0ac6e677c9f3@Lists.Samurai.Com"trawlers-and-trawlering-confirm+8dc4b2617cedbbb9f6a652e8db6f0ac6e677c9f3@lists.samurai.com,Great
Circle Listserv great-loop@lists.samurai.com
Subject: Re: GL: great circle cruise AP29
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 09:57:29 -0400
Come on guys... and owners... keep your comments low key about who owns
Trawlers and Searays or others. I command a Search and Rescue Auxiliary unit
and have 535 cases (rescues) completed so far and I have seen some
extreeeeemely good ones that I cannot comment about as some are still in
court. Some trawler owners ans others have refused our help because of their
prized possessions, and we have stood by. Later, in serious trouble we were
asked for assistance. We helped not for the stupidities commited but to save
lives of passengers who are innocent. Some case are of plain stupidity and
have caused hardships for many and a chaffed line on a Searay does not even
come close to the stupidities that some Trawler owners and others have
done... No one is immune to quick decision making and making errors to try
and save the boat first and people after... I will stop here. I will commend
those that risk a little to save a lot while keeping themselves and others
safe.
I have done rescue works in Canada, in the east and west coast, in our area
between Montreal and Cornwall ON, the Great Lakes, Lake Champlian, the US,
Dominican Republic and more...
When those of you who will travel in the St Lawrence river between lock 4
and 5 slow down a little and call the AUXILIARY 1230 so I can salute you...
and do so! I will salute anyone who can honestly go by and say that they
never had anything happen to them. I will even tell them some of the stupid
thing that I have done and learned from those.
I will even help anyone in transit who have questions about this area and
more...
Yours in boating safety
Regards,
Roger
Just recently received a Service Medal for exemplary service for 25 years in
Search and Rescue Commander and Regional Training Advisor.
Ok folks, let's all agree that it's not necessarily the boat that makes
the captain, it's the captain who makes the boat.
Maybe a little corny, but hopefully you recognize the point I'm trying
to convey.
Let's keep this discussion thread civil, please.
Mike Tellup
Great Loop Administrator
Nicely stated Mr. Tellup!
John Edwards
On Apr 30, 2006, at 3:45 PM, Mike Tellup wrote:
Ok folks, let's all agree that it's not necessarily the boat that
makes
the captain, it's the captain who makes the boat.
Maybe a little corny, but hopefully you recognize the point I'm trying
to convey.
Let's keep this discussion thread civil, please.
Mike Tellup
Great Loop Administrator