| Your 40-foot auxiliary sailing vessel has just run aground on a bar. She has a relatively long, deep keel and the tide is falling. You have checked the bilges for damage and found none. Which is the most prudent action to take immediately? |
| A) Sheet the sails in flat to try to heel her over with the wind and sail off. |
| B) Strike the sails. Then run a kedge anchor out to one side, hook the main halyard to it, and heave the boat down onto one side. |
| C) Take soundings visually, by sounding pole, or lead line all around the vessel to locate the deepest water. |
| D) Start the engine and run it hard in forward to try to drive over and off the bar. |
