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Originally Posted by doghouseman
I am a little confused how that happened. Was it because the tide went out farther than you thought it was going to go out?
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The owner was "mooring" his boat on bow/stern anchor; and a wind/storm blew the boat from the side over to the shore. A bow/stern anchor arrangement is only safe when the wind is blowing parallel to the boat because a force from the side puts a huge amount of tension on the anchor rhodes; causing the anchors to drag.
So the wind caused the anchors to drag, the boat was pushed over into shallow water and when the tide went out the tension on the anchor rhode pulled the boat over so it was careened the wrong direction. When the tide returned it filled the hull rather than re-floating because it was lying at nearly 90 deg.