[Leica] The plight of The Judy and the Jetty

[Don Dory]

Great story to find on the beach.  You do have to wonder how they got so
grounded.  That part of the coast doesn't have the kind of tides that some
places have.  Still, sunset and rescue make a nice beach visit.

On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 11:25 PM Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
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
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> South Beach Sunset-1000308.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/53253950556/in/album-72177720311903994/
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> 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
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/53253950716/in/album-72177720311903994/
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> We walked to it to see what had happened.  Here are a few shots of the
> beached Judy.
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> Beached Boat South Beach Sunset-1000314.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/53254300454/in/album-72177720311903994/
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> Beached Boat South Beach Sunset-1000315.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/53253067022/in/album-72177720311903994/
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> Beached Boat South Beach Sunset-1000316.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/53254300844/in/album-72177720311903994/
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> 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.
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> Beached Boat-1000321.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/53253067262/in/album-72177720311903994/
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> Part of the crowd.
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> Beached Boat-1000322.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/53254444025/in/album-72177720311903994/
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> As the tide rose, the water reached the boat.
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> Beached Boat-1000330.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/53254444150/in/album-72177720311903994/
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> Beached Boat-1000334.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/53254301344/in/album-72177720311903994/
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> Finally the tug was able to pull the boat through the sand and it
> started floating and was pulled off shore
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> Beached Boat-1000338.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/53253067832/in/album-72177720311903994/
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> 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
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/53253952126/in/album-72177720311903994/
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> 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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>
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