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Originally Posted by LittleWingCA
Near Mutiny:
Grounding:
First time sailing into San Diego harbor from Dana Point Ca. We were in the final hour of our 15 hour trip, with a handheld, map enabled, GPS attached to the helm, with the boat broker taking down the mainsail, telling me to just follow the channel bouys I saw, when we motored out of the channel south of the Coronado Bridge and grounded in soft mud south of the 32 st pier. Had I actually been watching the GPS map screen, I would have seen my plotted waypoints tell me the channel did a 90 degree right turn followed by a 90 degree left turn. In the end we had to get vessel assist to tow us off the mud bank as the tide continued to go out. Cost the boat broker $600.
I for one think you need these bells and whistles.  |
Yep, it gets really shallow south of the Coronado Isle bridge. If you get a chance to sail down to Chula Vista Harbor, you'll see a number of abandoned boads in the shallow waters to the west...
Eric