[Rhodes22-list] Chris on LBI - CB blocks and end of season escape story

[Jesse Shumaker]

Wow, glad that didn't turn out any worse!  It appears that Dadventure
really lives up to the name :)

Jesse Shumaker
S/V Zephyr

On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 4:20 PM Ric Stott <ric at stottarchitecture.com> wrote:

> A true Rhodie you are Chris on LBI
> There are more ways than one and you seemed to have figured it out.
> Good luck with your prize yacht.
> We have so much fun with our boat on Shinnecock Bay - similar in some ways
> to LBI.
> It’s one of the only sailboats moored on the bay.
> We take it sailing, out to dinner, clamming & fishing.
> Who does that with a sailboat?
> This time of year gets sketchy because of the storms.
> It made it through a big storm a couple of weeks ago.
> Remnants of hurricane Ian blew with gusts to 50 kts for 4 days out of the
> NE - the longest fetch possible.
> 2 days later, in light air conditions, on a sunny afternoon, Dadventure
> took himself out for a sail through Shinnecock Inlet - - without me.
> How that happened without hitting anything or running aground on the
> outgoing tide - against all odds, is a huge mystery. The wind at the
> mooring when it parted was on-shore so the current had to have been
> stronger, which is very unusual for this spot.
> I discovered that the pendant shackle safety wire was broken in the storm
> by the top of the mooring ball which had broken and a sharp edge caught
> under the stainless safety wire.
> The pin unscrewed itself.
> A friend had seen it on the way out the inlet and called me - a funny
> call as you might imagine.
> He said it was headed out bow first going like it was in a hurry - not a
> soul on board, no sails, outboard in the up position.
> The local fishermen didn’t even notice there was nobody on  board.
> The local cops went and picked him up a half Mile off-shore and towed him
> back to the mooring.
> Kind of funny after the fact - but I gave him a good scolding and hauled
> him out 2 days later.
> Dadventure identifies as a male of course.
> Trouble maker.
> Ric
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> Richard F. Stott, AIA, LEED AP
> ric at stottarchitecture.com
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