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almost a watery grave

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In the sixties, an aquantance of my father's ran his yacht aground a little way off the main channel in Poole harbour on the south coast of the uk. The solution to his problem seemed obvious. He would carry the anchor to the nearby channel and then use the anchor winch on his yacht to pull it to the deeper water. So he jumps down into the waist-high water but finds that the only way he could manage both the anchor and it's length of chain was to wrap the chain round his waist. So he staggers off towards the channel, falls into it and is dragged to the bottom by the weight of the anchor and 15 of steel chain. He did survive, though he also drank half of Poole harbour.

Submitted on 11/26/2005

Submitted by: Simon Humby
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James said:
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Brief but funny! I don't suppose waiting for assistance, high tide, or both was an option here. Extricating oneself from being aground by using the anchor is a maneuver which requires skill and patience, neither of which the acquaintance of your father's seemed to posess. Whatever the case, he just HAD to do it the hard way! laurel and Hardy couldn't have done better!


Jack said:
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While I don't find it quite as amusing as James, he's our Naval expert, so I shall defer to him. Thanks, Simon!


Greg said:
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Ditto.


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