Well here's my going aground story It was our first trip down the Trent from Cromwell to Torksey on Max some years ago. We had just passed the sand barge Humber Trader and I was giving it some stick to keep in front (GPS said 8mph). I took the fist of the S bends at Dunham Dubs wide Ok and was crossing over to take the second wide also when all of a sudden there were loud scraping noises underneath. OH S**T! I banged the throttle closed, then our wake caught up and lifted the stern and it went quiet so I floored it again and we were through - Phew. Then a minute or so later Humber Trader came on the radio saying " I've run aground at Dunham Dubs and have swung broadside across the fairway, I'll be here till the next tide"
I breathed a huge sigh of relief, mainly that we were not behind him, but also that we had got away with it when a professional hadn't Next time we passed that way I treated those bends with more respect. Apparently the shallows there move with every tide Regards Terry
