Lee, as I remember, the Albin has a sailboat's profile underwater as opposed to a classic powerboat profile. If he has lots of stuff on board, move it all to one side. This will make the boat more shallow just as it would for a sailboat. I would suggest making it wallow a bit before moving. This should free it a bit from any mud suction and make a small reservoir for it to float in. As for towing backwards, this is never good but short of a high tide in the lake, it beats leaving it there. Just make sure it is aligned and stays that way.
Just a few thoughts. John Lee Haefele wrote: > I have a friend at Cayuga Lake whose Albin 27 Trawler broke free and > is now stuck near shore, bow in. This boat has a full keel, enclosing > the prop. A towboat with twin 150 O/B came and could not budge it. > They are returning with a 60' workboat today. They intend to tow it > out backwards using a sling around the entire boat. Is this the best > way? What can be done to prevent damage to the boat? We think the > rudder is vulnerable, what is the best way to protect it? We think it > should be fixed straight ahead. The owner is going to look into > fabricating a timber frame securing the rudder quadrant in the bilge. > Please reply with advice. > Lee Haefele _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
