Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great set. Peter On 13/10/2023 05:25, Aram Langhans via LUG wrote: > while staying at the South Beach Campground by Newport, OR, we walked > down to the beach at sunset and were greeted by a nice sunset > > South Beach Sunset-1000308.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at > N06/53253950556/in/album-72177720311903994/> > > My wife said something about a boat and I did not see it as I was > looking out in the water.? The boat was actually beached. > > Beached Boat South Beach Sunset-1000309.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at > N06/53253950716/in/album-72177720311903994/> > > We walked to it to see what had happened.? Here are a few shots of the > beached Judy. > > Beached Boat South Beach Sunset-1000314.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at > N06/53254300454/in/album-72177720311903994/> > > Beached Boat South Beach Sunset-1000315.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at > N06/53253067022/in/album-72177720311903994/> > > Beached Boat South Beach Sunset-1000316.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at > N06/53254300844/in/album-72177720311903994/> > > We were going to leave the next day but went down to the beach to see if > it was still there.? There had been long heavy lines strung out on the > beach and was wondering what they were going to do.? As we got close we > were not allowed to the beach and saw a helicopter carrying the rope out > to a tug boat off shore.? You can sort of see the line in this photo.? I > only had my Q3, so at 28mm it was a stretch. > > Beached Boat-1000321.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at > N06/53253067262/in/album-72177720311903994/> > > Part of the crowd. > > Beached Boat-1000322.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at > N06/53254444025/in/album-72177720311903994/> > > As the tide rose, the water reached the boat. > > Beached Boat-1000330.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at > N06/53254444150/in/album-72177720311903994/> > > Beached Boat-1000334.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at > N06/53254301344/in/album-72177720311903994/> > > Finally the tug was able to pull the boat through the sand and it > started floating and was pulled off shore > > Beached Boat-1000338.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at > N06/53253067832/in/album-72177720311903994/> > > Cheers went up and we thought all was well.? Then things went badly. For > some reason, the boat headed to the jetty and a fairly high rate of > speed.? There must have been someone onboard who started the engines but > for some reason had no control.? I had thought the tug was still hooked > up, but it had dropped the line and the Judy was on her own.? It hit the > jetty with a big boom, baked off and hit it again and almost capsized. > > Beached Boat-1000340.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at > N06/53253952126/in/album-72177720311903994/> > > Not? a great photo as the 28mm is really cropped a lot.? It hit one more > time and then somehow backed away from the jetty and headed out past it > and sat there for quite some time.? We had to go, so that ends my > story.? I did find a video of the battle with the jetty taken with a > camera that had a longer lens than I did. > > Judy hitting the jetty - YouTube > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6bEefj7UKw&ab_channel=tonedeftony> > > I don't do facebook but I think there is more information there. > > Comments welcome. > > Aram > -- Dr. Peter Dzwig