In last week’s Just Cruising I fessed up about running aground through a lifetime of sailing and cruising. We’ve hit bottom all over the world, not out of carelessness but because we often sail in remote areas with less than perfect charts and we try to find perfect little anchorages that may or may not have unseen and unmarked hazards. A couple of readers responded to my offer to run their grounding stories. Cheers, GD
Hi George, I agree that if you don’t bump the bottom you aren’t exploring enough. When I designed Prestissimo, a lifting keel was in the initial description of the project. She has a 6,000 lb bulb keel that can lift, using the manual halyard winches, from 8-feet to 4-feet, which is the depth of the twin rudders. Read More
