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> Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 14:21:30
> To: Brad Wilson
> Subject: Re: CONDITION OF THE CHANNEL
>
>
>
> Hello Brad,
>
> I did not get an answer to my May 7, 2009 E-mail regarding
> a $1142 invoice due to the channel condition.
> Please respond.
>
> Best regards
>
> Bernard GUET
> > > From: BERNARD GUET
> > Subject: CONDITION OF THE CHANNEL
> > To: "Brad Wilson"
>
> > Date: Thursday, May 7, 2009, 11:19 PM
> > Hello Brad,
> >
> > As you know I attempted to leave the Marina Saturday
> May 2,
> > 2009 early in the morning.
> > Towards the end of the fuel dock, we touched the
> bottom but
> > this was not a big problem. However there has never
> been a
> > problem at this spot before.
> > As we came out of Fairlee bay, there was plenty of
> water at
> > the entrance which has not always been the case in the
> past.
> >
> > I noticed that all the green and red buoys were
> missing
> > except for the one at the end of the channel (going
> out).
> > I proceeded carefully within what had always been the
> > channel since 2002.
> > Three time we hit bottom and were grounded. The fourth
> time
> > we were stuck for 45 minutes. After over an hour, we
> managed
> > to come back touching several time the bottom.
> > This is when I came to see you and you told me that
> now we
> > need not to hug the beach and stay further like 40
> feet. You
> > also recommended to wait 2 hours as the tide was going
> up. I
> > did.
> > When we left the dock we again hit the bottom at the
> end of
> > the fuel dock (not at the same place as we did
> earlier).
> > We proceeded in the channel and were grounded 5 times
> till
> > we finally after an hour we came close to the last
> red
> > marker. Now we were in 4 feet of water. By then it was
> very
> > close to high tide a little after 1:00 PM. We called a
> tow
> > boat. He surveyed what was the old channel and told me
> that
> > there was no way could have freed myself. As I
> insisted he
> > said that there was not enough water in what used to
> be the
> > channel. The tow boat had a hard time to take us out.
>
> >
> > I am not sure if the boat suffered any damage through
> this
> > process.
> >
> > As we were settling the $1,100 invoice, way out in the
> bay,
> > another sailboat in an apparent total confidence
> proceeded
> > to enter the channel. Promptly they grounded
> themselves and
> > the tow boat proceeded to help them out.
> >
> > Brad, please pass this note to the upper management or
> your
> > insurance. Great oak has failed to warn their clients
> of the
> > danger of proceeding in the channel in its present
> > condition. Furthermore all the buoys are missing
> except for
> > one red one.
> >
> > Please let me know how to proceed with my claim.
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Bernard GUET
> >
> >
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