About 8:00 or so on August 22, 2010, upon departing the pier at Miles Winery on Seneca Lake with the winds out of the NNW at about 25 knots, one of the mooring lines dropped back into the water and was snatched up by the propeller thus robbing me of any power. The winds and waves drove her into shallower water and effectively grounded her.
The above photo doesn't look that bad, but to get her off the shore and into deeper water for the tow back to Watkins Glen required a tow boat from Glen Harbor marina and a pickup truck shore pulling a line on the top of the mast to heel her over to about 45 degrees to clear the fin keel from the bottom.
After all was said and done, the shaft was bent as was the strut requiring pulling from the water and transfer by truck to Ithaca, NY for repairs. We anticipate she will be transported back to our home marina to spend the rest of the winter on the hard without the mast being stepped.
This has thrown a wrench into some plans we have for interior refinishing, but since it was at the repair facility, we decided to have the bottom soda-blasted and coated with VC17, a new depth guage installed and roller furling installed.
Now, we wait impatiently for spring and the promise of a good sailing summer.
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