Going aground
May 27, 2021
3 minutes
The other day, I was asked by a non sailor about grounding and, on discussion, was surprised at how broad the subject is. I came up with four categories; drying out intentionally, grounding intentionally, unexpected grounding, and catastrophic. The first rule is to avoid the last two with good navigational skills and up-to-date information in the form of charts, tidal predictions, local knowledge and a comprehensive weather forecast.
Local knowledge can be
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