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Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 30-05-2023, 09:37
Replies: 89
Views: 10,459
Posted By Chotu
Re: Sailboat Sinks After Hitting Cape May Jetty

and that is why you are still floating. Lol

that’s the way to do it. Plus there’s a range so it’s even more crazy what happened
Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 29-05-2023, 14:58
Replies: 89
Views: 10,459
Posted By Chotu
Re: Sailboat Sinks After Hitting Cape May Jetty

There is no excuse at all for that. It has a range.

Your friend was paying no attention whatsoever.

Which also means no one should have any problem entering this at night. Anytime there’s...
Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 25-05-2023, 04:23
Replies: 89
Views: 10,459
Posted By Chotu
Re: Sailboat Sinks After Hitting Cape May Jetty

Yes, Franziska guessed this at the very beginning of the thread. She said it might be a European person making a mistake.

and instead of lining the lights up like you are talking about we have an...
Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 25-05-2023, 03:49
Replies: 89
Views: 10,459
Posted By Chotu
Re: Sailboat Sinks After Hitting Cape May Jetty

Now it's clear!

from the pictures, it’s definitely clear that they hit the southernmost jetty. On the outside and not in the channel.

from the chart, it’s looking somewhat possible that they...
Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 24-05-2023, 03:59
Replies: 89
Views: 10,459
Posted By Chotu
Re: Sailboat Sinks After Hitting Cape May Jetty

Good catch. Bad reporting!

It amazes me these days with passes for reporting. The facts are usually wrong, the grammar is incorrect.

Anyway, analyzing what you said even further, it’s...
Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 23-05-2023, 19:19
Replies: 89
Views: 10,459
Posted By Chotu
Re: Sailboat Sinks After Hitting Cape May Jetty

Same here. That’s the proper way to enter an inlet or channel. From the safe water marker (typically red/white) or similar.
Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 23-05-2023, 15:35
Replies: 89
Views: 10,459
Posted By Chotu
Re: Sailboat Sinks After Hitting Cape May Jetty

I still think a lot of people aren’t properly understanding where the boat was. it was north of the north jetty, where the red X is on the second post of the thread.

I suppose a big wave could...
Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 23-05-2023, 06:57
Replies: 89
Views: 10,459
Posted By Chotu
Re: Sailboat Sinks After Hitting Cape May Jetty

take a closer look at the chart I put up. The red X is where they were.

Definitely a navigation error. Probably an eyeball navigation error.
Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 23-05-2023, 04:15
Replies: 89
Views: 10,459
Posted By Chotu
Re: Sailboat Sinks After Hitting Cape May Jetty

Ah damn. It’s not in Kindle unlimited right now? I might have to wait a little bit until it gets in there. I am very cheap. I already pay for the Kindle unlimited subscription. Ha ha.

It does...
Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 23-05-2023, 03:36
Replies: 89
Views: 10,459
Posted By Chotu
Re: Sailboat Sinks After Hitting Cape May Jetty

And yeah. Quite sad. You can see what a new boat that is. I mean, slightly less sad than a boat someone restored I guess. Or built. but still it was a shiny nice boat.
Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 23-05-2023, 03:35
Replies: 89
Views: 10,459
Posted By Chotu
Re: Sailboat Sinks After Hitting Cape May Jetty

Ah... developed back in those New Amsterdam days?
Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 22-05-2023, 19:23
Replies: 89
Views: 10,459
Posted By Chotu
Re: Sailboat Sinks After Hitting Cape May Jetty

I can only imagine the Mark One eyeball got confused in this case. Because I can’t see how you would make this mistake on the chart.
Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 22-05-2023, 19:18
Replies: 89
Views: 10,459
Posted By Chotu
Sailboat Sinks After Hitting Cape May Jetty

"Two people had to be rescued Sunday night after their sailboat struck a jetty while returning to Cape May Inlet, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday.

The 33-foot vessel hit the north side of the...
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