Chrysler Sailors Forum

WOW!
Sounds like wuite the excitement for one evening!
Glad all is well AND THANK YOU for sharing!
It is a great reminder to all of us that things happen!

Scott

by usboat I assume you man SeaTow....how did that work out... I pay the extra for seatow but never used the service... wondering how long it took etc.

by usboat I assume you man SeaTow....how did that work out... I pay the extra for seatow but never used the service... wondering how long it took etc.

Do you only have a trolling motor for your 26? One tip I learned the hard way, actually two, first, always fire up the engine before lowering the sails, and second, if you think you need a reef, you need a reef. Glad you came out of a bad situation in one piece.

Gus

great!

I also liked that he regretted listening to the inexperienced crew, those that most likely to panic... I find that to be always the case, I always try to remember that the captain is always responsible.

I find that managing the crew is often harder than handling the boat is tough situations, esp, for recreational boater.

crane wrote: The trolling motor was about as effective as us leaning over the side with spoons.

LMAO ! Good one.

I have to oem chrysler 250 sailor in my garage too... electric start great motor but too old to trust 'er and doesn't turn ( I would like ot have that ability in case the rudder goes.)

Crane.. true! w/o al l the weight of the heavy four stroke!

I might rethink that.

In hindsight you probably would have been better off dropping just the main well before getting in since it sounds like it was a downwind run. It is easier to depower the jib going downwind. We live and learn, glad to hear it sounds like it turned out ok.

I don't know about the 26 but my 22 sails pretty well under just a genoa even upwind but going upwind I would have dropped the jib to reduce the sail I was having to manage when closing into the dock. We would do this even when I used to race and we had three people with a lot of experience managing a boat just 19' long, although it did carry about the same amount of sail as my 22.

Being able to sail into the dock is definitively a skill worth mastering, you never know when the engine will refuse to cooperate. I sailed my 22 in against the current in shallow water upwind with virtually no wind to speak of once, it took me 2 hours to go 1/2 a mile. I used the rudder for propulsion the last 40 feet This is where tricks like staying on the leewward side to keep the boat heeled and sails in shape so you can maximized the slightest breeze really pay off. Of course that is exactly the opposite of your situation. I had to worry about reaching my destination and do it without running aground.