Your 40-foot auxiliary sailing vessel has just run aground on a bar. She has a relatively long, deep keel and the tide is falling. You have checked the bilges for damage and found none. Which is the most prudent action to take immediately?
A
Sheet the sails in flat to try to heel her over with the wind and sail off.
B
Start the engine and run it hard in forward to try to drive over and off the bar.
C
Take soundings visually, by sounding pole, or lead line all around the vessel to locate the deepest water.
D
Strike the sails. Then run a kedge anchor out to one side, hook the main halyard to it, and heave the boat down onto one side.
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Question 1 of 2066636ee728f7522a1c51734d
Your 40-foot auxiliary sailing vessel has just run aground on a bar. She has a relatively long, deep keel and the tide is falling. You have checked the bilges for damage and found none. Which is the most prudent action to take immediately?
Your 40-foot auxiliary sailing vessel has just run aground on a bar. She has a relatively long, deep keel and the tide is falling. You have checked the bilges for damage and found none. Which is the most prudent action to take immediately?