[Leica] (SPAM: ?) Re: The plight of The Judy and the Jetty

[Peter Dzwig]

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@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@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@N06/53254300454/in/album-72177720311903994/>
> 
> Beached Boat South Beach Sunset-1000315.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr 
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/53253067022/in/album-72177720311903994/>
> 
> Beached Boat South Beach Sunset-1000316.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr 
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@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@N06/53253067262/in/album-72177720311903994/>
> 
> Part of the crowd.
> 
> Beached Boat-1000322.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr 
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@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@N06/53254444150/in/album-72177720311903994/>
> 
> Beached Boat-1000334.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr 
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@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@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@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
> 

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Dr. Peter Dzwig