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A little more light on the incident.
http://www.navagear.com/2007/05/video-uscg-assists-grounded-sailboat/#more-267
Philip
At 01:57 PM 6/1/2007, you wrote:
>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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>-----Original Message-----
>
>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.
>
>--
>Best,
>Bryan Genez
>"Capella" V40-158
>
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