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Well, Bryan, from the video it did not appear that the boat was actually
grounded on the rocks. It seems to be up against the wall, still floating
but not actually grounding. This happened in Puget Sound, where a lot of
the islands in the San Juans and especially the Gulf Islands (like Lopez Is,
where this incident occurred) have very steep rock walls like the one in the
video so it is possible that it lost power and was simply up against the
cliff. I tried "googling" to see what caused the accident but could not
find out detailed information.
Jeff
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Wow...a lot of things had to go right for that to happen. Not often the
rescue craft can get on scene quickly enough to save a boat that's grounded
on rocks in a pounding surf.
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Best,
Bryan Genez
"Capella" V40-158
