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Step 34Kedge a Grounded Boat
Our Italian neighbors have a keel 9 feet deep.
They got stuck in the mud while we were hydrofoiling nearby off Solara, the Free Yacht.
They got stuck because they ran out of diesel. Their injectors were full of air.
Victor and I went onboard to see what we could do.
We brought some diesel for their tank and tried to bleed their injectors so their motor would fire. We couldn't get the motor to start.
Finally we "kedged" them out of the mud. That means putting the anchor in the dinghy and rowing upwind as far as you can go. Then you throw the anchor in the water. Then the yacht winches in the anchor line, pulling the boat toward the anchor. Repeat as necessary.
They got stuck in the mud while we were hydrofoiling nearby off Solara, the Free Yacht.
They got stuck because they ran out of diesel. Their injectors were full of air.
Victor and I went onboard to see what we could do.
We brought some diesel for their tank and tried to bleed their injectors so their motor would fire. We couldn't get the motor to start.
Finally we "kedged" them out of the mud. That means putting the anchor in the dinghy and rowing upwind as far as you can go. Then you throw the anchor in the water. Then the yacht winches in the anchor line, pulling the boat toward the anchor. Repeat as necessary.
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Aug 7, 2009. 8:32 PMronmaggi
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hooking up a snatch block a little ways up the mast and running the line through it helps to tilt the keel out of the mud.
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