[quote=catmodding]Years ago, I was sailing with a friend on his N 6.0 NA. We decided to stop at a small beach to get some drinks and a snack at the local snackbar.
So, we picked up a mooring-buoy some 50 yards from the beach and my friend hopped of to
get the supplies .
Main-sheet block uncleated, downhaul lose, jib furled, daggerboards and rudders up. Thats how
we leave a beach cat at a mooring.
While waiting for my mate, the wind suddenly turned over 90 degree and picked up violently,
before I knew the mooring buoy snapped of, the cat gybed with the main slamming into the stay
we took of to the beach furiously.
I dived to the rear-beam to get a rudder in the water, which didn’t help putting up the bows and
increasing the speed.
At very high speed the cat beached and hurdled on to a gras-lawn next to the snack-bar.
An elderly couple sitting on a bench enjoying the view was the target.
The cat stopped just 2 yards in front of them, to my relieve and heartbeat at 200+
“ Hello, young man, are you here for a sandwich too?” was there commend… pffff
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