A forum member made the observation a little while ago that you're not a real sailor 'til you've run aground.
Well that happened to me yesterday in the Bay View area of Pittwater. Maybe I had cut the corner a tad fine
but there I was ..stuck. A call on my new VHF radio to Sydney Rescue told me they had no boats out but they
would give Bay View Marina a call to send out a work boat. No need for that. within two minutes I had calls
coming in from boats all over Pittwater saying they were on their way. Two rocked up immediately, an RIB that
hooked on to my bow but couldn't shift it and a gin palace with a bloke hanging off the bow with a rope. But,
just then, the local BOS in his Waterways boat charged in and in 30 seconds had hooked on and dragged us clear.
He did give me a stern look and say ' we do have marker bouys' and then took off. It was on a falling tide so
the longer I was there the worse it would have got. I was very impressed with the response and thanked all involved.
So the question is to those of you who get or have got grounded, is there a manouvre you use to get free or
is it always a 'tow off' situation. A rising tide would help of course.