I rounded up into irons to avoid that lumbering giant barge you call a boat. The current pushed my drifting, defenseless little beauty into the marker.
Thats not exactly how you desctibed it in your email to me.
You wrote, "That was my first time out in the boat, about 90 seconds off the beach, and my knowledge of the boat's tacking ability was zero. It was a narrow channel, near a mark, I was tacking badly away from a sudden shoal with rudders popped up, and I was on starboard. I missed the tack and hit the marker anyway."
Your story is getting fuzzy (just like your ears and nostrils)
