Boats vs Sandbars: Who Will Win Today? | Grounding18ft Hurricane & 25ft Scout

Описание: On today's episode of boats versus sandbars, I get a call for one boat stuck up at Longboat Pass that ended up canceling right as I was arriving on scene, a 18ft Hurricane stuck up on the Manatee River far from any channel, and a 25ft Scout that wasn’t paying attention to the channel markers and got stuck in a place I’ve never had a boat stuck before! For the Hurricane job, I had every bit of towline I had on the boat deployed so that I could get to deep enough water to pull, and then I was able to pull them free without too much trouble despite the boat being full of people and high and dry. The Scout was in an interesting spot and the customer thought I should’ve pulled him in the other direction from where I did. However, if he had looked at his chartplotter, well, first he wouldn’t have ended up in the situation he did, but then he’d have also noticed that even though there was technically deeper water on the other side of him, there was also another part of the sandbar less than 50ft from him that I would’ve had to drag him over as well.

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Today was one of those days where the sandbars were working overtime and the boats? Not so much.
Things kicked off with a call to Longboat Pass for a stuck boat that decided to ghost me right as I pulled up. I guess they either figured it out, floated free, or just didn’t want to face the embarrassment of admitting they needed help. Either way, false start #1!
Then came the real fun—a call for an 18ft Hurricane that had taken the scenic route very far off the beaten path up the Manatee River. When I say it was stuck, I mean it looked like they were auditioning for a sandcastle competition. The boat was full of people, high and dry, and the nearest deep water felt like it was in the next ZIP code. I ended up deploying every single foot of towline I had on board just to get myself in a spot where I could pull them free without becoming part of the problem. Thankfully, it came off smoothly—just your standard “desert island party rescue.”
And then, as the sun began to set and I was just starting to think about dinner, I got the call for a 25ft Scout that went rogue. They clearly treated the channel markers as optional décor and somehow found a piece of the bay I’ve never had a boat stuck in before (and I’ve seen a lot). The captain had strong opinions about which way I should pull him out, but what he didn’t realize was that while the water looked deeper the other way, there was another sandbar lurking just 50 feet behind him—aka the scenic route to “still stuck.”
This one required some thinking, a bit of strategy, and politely ignoring the “helpful” advice coming from the helm. Spoiler: we got him off—without dragging his hull over another sand dune in the process.
Moral of the story?
Always look at your chartplotter before the bow points skyward.
Towline is worth its weight in gold.
Sandbars have a sixth sense for overconfidence.
Hit that like button if you've ever almost ignored a channel marker… or if you just enjoy watching me do battle with the elements (and the occasional stubborn boater).