Hello Everyone,
I just wanted to mention that I joined Whitstable Yacht Club (WYC) in the UK.
It's apparently one of the oldest clubs in the UK and is celebrating its centenary this year.
http://www.wyc.org.uk/
Looking forward to taking my newly purchased not so young Hobie 16 to home it there tomorrow and to meet members that I hope will willing to help me in my pursuit of Hobie happiness!
Interestingly its not that far from a 3000 ton ticking time bomb the commonly locally known doomsday ship wreck 'Montgomery' but hopefully far enough
In case anyone is interested in the Montgomery and it's pending risk to London and surrounding areas I have provided a couple of links.
Some estimate that if this thing was to blow it would be the largest non nuclea blast in history creating Britain's first tsunami.
Snippet:
'It’s estimated that anything from 1,400 to 3,000 tons of explosives are still packed in its water-logged hull, and it has been said that their detonation would cause one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions ever — 700 times the size of the bomb which claimed 168 lives in Oklahoma City in 1995.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2195590/3-000-ton-timebomb-shipwrecked-Thames-estuary.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Richard_Montgomery
Watery grave: SS Richard Montgomery before it sank near Sheerness in the Thames estuary
Kind Regards,
Steve
last summer we were sailing over the hulk of a civil war blockade runner off Cape Fear in North Carolina (exposed at low tide), a hazard we were unaware of, but nothing like yours.