On our way to St. Augustine, FL and we decided to anchor at Butler's Beach. We pulled into
the area and every Captain's nightmare happened...we ran aground. It was low tide and after sitting there for awhile we discovered the locals hugging the east shore before they went out into the ICW.
Looks like they dredged the channel in front of the residential docks and we were sitting on the uncharted spoil pile. We waited for several hours for the tide to come in and then we were able to float away. We made our way limping into St. Augustine with a chain from the spoil pile wrapped around one of the prop shafts. We grabbed a mooring ball and the next day we went to Camachee Cove Marina to see what damage was done. Bad boating day! We just had the props tuned at Stuart, less than two weeks ago.
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| Butler's Beach, we are grounded and waiting for the tide to come in. |
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| Diver pulled this chain from the prop shaft |
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| Props were pulled for repairs. Ouch!! |
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