Another boating mishap

Glassguy54

"I'll say it right to his face in cursive." & "I'll break his karate artery" OMG I'm laughing my a$$ off!

Ian

"Why do they pick on me mommy?"

boatman37

oh. thats Donnie Baker. he's hilarious. thats a skit. search for him. he does a bunch of stuff on the radio shows

randy56

Those are entertaining, Funny stuff. 

skennelly

Here's another...happened yesterday

52 footer hit the rocks coming into the harbor at 1am

Willhound

1 A.M ??
Booze involved you think?

TonyG13

@skennelly - That looks like Burnham. Do you know if he hit the rocks at the harbor mouth at the south end of Northerly Island - and then beached it at the ramp when he realized he was taking on water? 

cmelt2003

That would be heartbreaking!

skennelly

@TonyG13 - yeah Burnham.  Story is they hit the rocks at Northerly and sank.  Towboat pulled it to where my pic shows it.

@Willhound - don't know about booze.  At 1am depending on weather it can be difficult to see the rocks for an unfamiliar captain.

Willhound

Wow, that sucks. I've never been a fan of night boating, but it is what it is. Anyone ever thought about dropping a bouy or marker light on that rocky area? Nice looking boat too, what model?

skennelly

@Willhound - someone said a Carver.

That harbor is not great for night boating.  There is no light at the entrance so at night it's very easy to think your heading for the mouth but instead your heading right for rocks.

TonyG13

@skennelly - Interesting. Wonder if they were transient or local. Local (should) know about the rocks.

@Willhound - Here's the entrance. The yellow line is the approximate rock line. At the south end they do have buoys to mark not to come too close to shore.

For point of reference the narrowest part is about 225 feet across - so plenty of room to navigate and avoid the rocks.

aero3113

A boat that size should have every piece of equipment to let him know where the rocks are. 

skennelly

Last I heard the boat was being delivered to it's new owner and the captain fell asleep at the helm.

aero3113

   

randy56

skennelly said:

Last I heard the boat was being delivered to it's new owner and the captain fell asleep at the helm.

He probably will not get compensated hope someone has insurance