[camaraderie]

Hi Hud Welcome to the dark side! (g)

All -My best aground story took place a few years back on the ICW near Savannah as we were bringing our "new" Camaraderie down south in late November. The crossing from Fields Cut "creek" into and across the Savannah River is notoriously shoal and we took the advice of a power boater to leave the marker WELL to starboard and we promptly went aground in the thick mud and were unable to power off. Thankfully the tide was low and with an 8 ft. swing, we knew we could get off in a couple of hours. We went below to work on some stuff while we waited for the tide to rise when all of a sudden the boat lurched sharply to starboard and we and "stuff" went flying all over the cabin as well. I rushed up the companionway steps wondering how we could be listing with the RAIL close to the water in 4 ft. of water with a rising tide. Looking astern into the Savannah River I saw a huge container ship passing doing about 15 knots. The ships props had literally sucked the water out of the creek we were in and left us almost dry and heeled over in the mud! Fortunately, the water rushed back in the creek as the ship passed and 30 seconds later we were floating again...Whew!