![]() ![]() In the Solent we push in to less than half a metre below the keel when it is a flat, soft bottom such as the mainland shore west of Beaulieu, but we would never do that on the Island coast opposite. Stay afloat! Running aground is almost always a race-losing move, so avoidance is the best policy. The urgency of your response will be influenced by tidal conditions – a falling tide at the top of springs can mean a long stranding and, when combined with waves, the risk of structural damage is very real.Īs often as not a quick tack will see you off and back in the race, but if there has been a significant impact with a rock or prolonged pounding on a hard bottom, it’s advisable to have the keel and structural floors inspected as cracks in this high-stress area can develop unseen over time.ġ. If you are sailing over mud, the consequences of grounding are likely to be embarrassing rather than serious, but getting stuck on rocks or hard sand requires decisive action. Just ask the skippers in Cowes Week or the Round the Island Race!Įven though chartplotters and GPS have made navigation much more straightforward, it’s still easy to push a bit too hard to cheat the tide or simply miscalculate the depth. ![]() In shoal waters you need concentration and sound navigation you also need to do your homework to avoid getting caught out by known hazards. But beware following the others can end up with you going aground. “The others are in there out of the tide, so let’s tack back in,” you might think in the heat of a close race. To watch, hit play on the video above.Jonty Sherwill explains 5 tips for staying afloat when you’ve gone aground. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of this album, CBC Music enlisted some of Broken Social Scenes friends - musicians and in one case an A-list Hollywood actor - to ask Canning and Drew some questions about the band and its seminal album. Its influence all these years later can be felt in the works of bands still carrying the indie-rock flag, but also in artists like Lorde, Tinashe and filmmakers like Edgar Wright and Ryan Fleck, who are all notable fans of You Forgot it in People. The internet, in this case, just guaranteed a larger audience beyond Toronto's borders. The album itself was revolutionary: '90s indie-rock sounds molded into the shape of anthemic pop songs, created by an arsenal of musicians that acted more as a collective of friends and collaborators than a straight-up band at times. His bandmate and co-founder Kevin Drew echoed his thoughts: "I wasn't online yet, I wasn't really on the internet." "I didn't know what Pitchfork was," Canning admits now. Praised by its editor-in-chief at the time, Ryan Schreiber, as "perfect pop," Broken Social Scene experienced what was later dubbed " The Pitchfork Effect" - a band whose profile skyrocketed as a result of a glowing review from what eventually became one of the biggest tastemakers of the 2000s. The album fared well locally at first, but soon received an unexpected boost thanks to a 9.2 review on the online blog, Pitchfork. 15, 2002, Broken Social Scene released its sophomore album, You Forgot it in People. ![]()
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