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Show Anderson- D 729 Q When you got stuck on these sandbars how did you get off? A have to get off and work around the boat; sometimes take a line, run it over where we could get it fast and make it tight on the capstan, and tighten it up, then work the current next to two boat and wan the end away from it, get the current started and wash the and away; then take shovels in the bed and start the water under it, then it would commence to wash. Q How would you start the water under the boat? A Work from above the boat and down, had to go under it some corner, some place, get the current started. When the boat hit the sand it made a dead water right there; we start in on one side and work with the shovels until we get the water started. Didn't take long to out it when it gets started once. That is the way we worked it. We made a line tight, on the boat couldn't move, and managed to get started, and in that may it will work loose. Q In order to do the work with a shovel in there, was it necessary that somebody get in the water? A Oh, yes, we all got out and worked hard all around, everybody worked that could. Q The whole crew? A Yes, If we didn't hold the boat up there until the water got mashed under that boat, if you let it float, you get it 2697 |