KODIAK, Alaska, June 18--The Coast Guard is investigating the grounding of the 70-foot vessel Waters, homeported in Homer. The vessel struck the number four dayboard when it grounded on a rock in Narrow Strait north of Kodiak Island near the village of Ouzinke early this morning. A dayboard is a navigational beacon that clearly marks the channel when navigating in a restricted waterway. Quite a balancing act the skipper has pulled-off.
JUNEAU, Alaska (April 20, 2004)--Coast Guard rescuers from Station Juneau responded to assist a crewman aboard the fishing vessel Tar Baby after it grounded near Battleship Island, Auke Bay, Alaska. The boat's skipper escaped the vessel uninjured.
SABINE, Tex. The fishing vessel Miss Eileen sits on the Sabine Jetty after it tried to use the reef as a launch ramp.
OOPS!! I took this picture last year on a Hollywood, FL beach. Does anyone else have any other good "oops!" pics? The sunken sailboat pic kinda triggered this idea. P.S. don't fall asleep while underway without a watchkeeper. the grinding, and crunching of the alarm clock must have really sucked for this skipper.
This one (I think a 20m wooden built Italian motoryacht possibly from Cantieri Arno) is one of the many "victims" that each summer hit one of the rocks present off Porto Cervo/Costa Smeralda. He cleverly thought to drop the anchor as well, you never now if the boat might leave the rock it decided to "hug" ...
SeaRays and SeaWalls don't mix... August 5 - A 51-ft Sea Ray slams into the rock wall at the mouth of the Oakland Estuary. Photo Credit: Capt. Gary L. Sherry
Follow this link to the aftermath of Hurricane Francis. Lot's of boats with too much hull in the water... http://www.yachtforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1813&highlight=hurricane
Boat On The Rocks Someone had a very bad day... I'm not sure when this happened. More photos here: King5 This happened near Port Ludlow, WA.
Some sailers don't know when to give in. 'It's my right of way!!!' Maltese Falcon gets a scratch. and the sailboat gets this