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Nordhavn aground at Ocean Reef...

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  1. YachtForums, May 9, 2023
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    Got a pic from YF member Maldwin last night. Don't know the backstory, but looks unscheduled...

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  2. tbaxl, May 9, 2023
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    I have been through there many times, it is tight, skinny, and not surprising.
  3. Pascal, May 9, 2023
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    We go there with the 110 once in a while. Tight but well marked. Must have had a mechanical failure at high tide
  4. Capt Ralph, May 9, 2023
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    Still waiting for "The Rest Of The Story"..
  5. Capt J, May 10, 2023
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    I'm guessing it sucked bottom veered to the side and they didn't react fast enough. But just a speculation.
  6. German Yachting, May 11, 2023
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    I believe that’s hull #1 of the 80. Is there much of a tide swing there?
  7. Capt Ralph, May 11, 2023
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    Looking at the channel marker water stains and the hulls water line.
    Maybe the moon was perfect and tide was real flooded or somebody was in a hurry.
    Either way, somebody messed up.
  8. yacht-girl, May 16, 2023
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    Crazy stuff. Does anyone have the details of the OP?
  9. cleanslate, May 16, 2023
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    Let’s dumb it down a bit.

    Someone at the helm had one to many special drinks … and at night … ?
  10. YachtForums, May 16, 2023
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    Let's not speculate.
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  11. cleanslate, May 16, 2023
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    It’s all speculation thus far.
  12. Capt J, May 17, 2023
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    Yeah, but there's less than 1' of tide in Key Largo, they must've had some good speed behind them in order to do that.
  13. Norseman, May 17, 2023
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    Ouch, feel sorry for those guys..
    I took a Johnson 70 in there 20 years ago, slow and at high tide.
    No dredging since then?
  14. Pascal, May 17, 2023
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    Nope. It s almost impossible to get dredging permits in sofl. It’s like Hawks Marina on duck key… even more shallow and they can’t dredge.

    At Ocean reef There is a 7 to 8’ MLW hump about half way down the channel. It s tight but an easy in and out.
  15. BRyachts, May 18, 2023
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    In the early to mid 90's I spent quite a bit of time there on a beamy 120'. Bit tight doing a rotation to back down to the inner basin T head the Boss had, lol.
  16. Pascal, May 18, 2023
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    our very first trip after taking over the lazzara 110 I run, was to Ocean reef, having just stepped up from an 84…. I was slightly concerned about turning it around in there till I remembered the bigger the boat, the easier it is.
  17. German Yachting, May 18, 2023
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    So is she gone or still there?
  18. rtrafford, May 18, 2023
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    Rumor is that the owner took the helm for the first time and lost an engine (the engine?).
  19. Capt Ralph, May 18, 2023
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    IMO, he needed an engine to drive the hull up onto the shoal, that far..
  20. Norseman, May 18, 2023
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    Yes, it looks ugly (and expensive) but whether he was a newbie or not, I feel sorry for the guy. Maybe he is a brilliant surgeon or a savvy business man and just wanted to cruise in style after he retired, then made one wrong move and screwed up royally. Lets not rub it in. Poor guy..:(

    (If you or I did it, we should have known better and deserve the jokes.:D)
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