Sailboat aground off Fire Island
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How does this happen? It wasn't foggy yesterday and even if it was, watch your dept sounder. Engine problems, use the sail. Sail problems use the engine. He was so close to the inlet if there was trouble help could have arrived in minutes. Stupidity!
I know that boat. She's spent the past few summers on a mooring at Portland Yacht Services. She's a steel Colvin pinky so there's a good chance she will survive this.
I've seen people aboard but she doesn't seem to leave the mooring much and I haven't seen her under sail.
Sad but I wouldn't give up on her yet.
I've seen people aboard but she doesn't seem to leave the mooring much and I haven't seen her under sail.
Sad but I wouldn't give up on her yet.
It's a real boat, I recognize her from seeing her almost daily for 2-3 years. The photo is probably a scan from a wrinkled newspaper.
It wasn't wrinkled just a lot of ink from the other side bleeding thru.....I looked on line at the newspapers web site but could not find the picture so I did the next best thing......this is no April fools joke....a sailboat beached is nothing to joke about
This is incredible. This is the same boat that ran onto the shoals at Great Egg Harbor Inlet (Longport, NJ) last week. Two Coast Guard helicopters and Sea Tow were involved. They eventually sailed off. The reality is our inlet is extremely dangerous, is notorious for problems. On the day they got stuck, no one in their right mind would have attempted passage. The waves were breaking all across the entry. SeaTow tried hailing them multiple times to warn them but they never responded. This is toooooo wierd. Makes one wonder what is going on.
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19 year old captain and a 20 year old couple for crew.
http://www.longislandpress.com/2011/04/01/3-stranded-maine-boaters-saved-off-fire-island/
I'd just learned some of the history of the boat. The former owners had too much experience for this to have happened. Sounds like they sold her. I hope for their sake it wasn't a delivery gone wrong.
http://www.longislandpress.com/2011/04/01/3-stranded-maine-boaters-saved-off-fire-island/
I'd just learned some of the history of the boat. The former owners had too much experience for this to have happened. Sounds like they sold her. I hope for their sake it wasn't a delivery gone wrong.
I saw this boat the day it happened. Lots of rumors, cannot confirm that they are all true. Story as I heard it was they were going from Maryland to Maine. Heard the 19 year old Captain took the boat without permission from his dad. Supposedly he tied up the helm and went below to sleep. Now I don't know about all of you, but that just sounds like bad seamanship to me. I've been sailing the waters off Long Island literally all my life. We have huge ships that transit our area in the Ambrose Shipping Channel. Besides violating 72 COLREGS Rule 5 of maintaining a proper look-out this kid destroyed his fathers boat. I really hope they are able to come up with a way to get her off the beach and restore her. It sounds like this boat has a lot of history, and I would hate to see her story end as a wreck. I have a picture i took the day it happened, but I cant figure out how to post it.
This may clarify things a bit:
https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/pls/webpls/cgv_pkg.vessel_id_list?vessel_id_in=564500
I walked out there this morning. Rough conditions, and she is still there
More photos here:
http://soundbounder.blogspot.com/2011/04/ashore-on-fire-island.html
More photos here:
http://soundbounder.blogspot.com/2011/04/ashore-on-fire-island.html
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