It is a lovely sunny day and we were pulling up the anchor about
11:00 am. We
thought we were just caught in some kelp or something, put we could not pull
the anchor up. We were getting ready to call
Vessel Assist (like AAA on the water) when a fellow came over in his dinghy
from another boat at anchor. He said that a boat anchored
where we were was hung up on the mooring chain of a large mooring buoy about
100-200 feet away. Thank goodness we pay the
annual fee for this service. Phone service here is terrible here so we wound up speaking with Puget Sound Coast Guard to call them for us. Vessel
Assist is out of Friday Harbor to they will be here in about 45 minutes. We
sure aren't going anywhere this way. The boat arrived around noon
and a diver prepared to dive down and un-stick our anchor. They
took our card and then called Boat US to see what our coverage takes care of
since this would be expensive with a diver, etc. Well, we have excellent
coverage so we didn't come out of pocket for this $425/service. Sure
enough, a huge chain was lying on our anchor. These folks are going to put a
maker here so no one else anchors here and gets stuck again.
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