We would just about always run aground sailing in the Potomac River.

Sail until the centerboard hits and then tack. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Laugh.gif" alt="" /> If we got stuck, we'd crank it up!

In the Caribbean, not once in 30 years.

I'm knocking on wood at this very moment. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Blush.gif" alt="" />

Not for one minute do I think I am immune... but maybe that's why I've had such a long streak of not grounding out.

I'm a big chicken with somebody else's very expensive boat.