This fellow was lucky in two ways. To start with he ran up on a gravel beach and not into a rocky cliff or something!
The boat also has "Bat wings" a type of flat base bolted to the bottom of the keel to help it in rough weather, only this time it kept the boat from tipping on it's side when the tide went out!
I think the poor fellow was quite embaressed as the boat was in full sight of all his buddies who were tied up at the nearby wharf...
I guess we should be glad this guy wasn't piloting an oil tanker for Exxon!
ReplyDeleteThe last photo is nice with the moutnains and clouds in the background. If you hadn't said anything about the bat wings I'd be wondering how the boat was standing upright. It looks perfectly level!