Alcatraz rocks.... Is this a Hat?

[zigzag930]

Looks like someone screwed up. At least she's not taking on water.

Is this a Hat?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/boat-hits-alcatraz-rocks-stranding-144156638.html

 

[Glory]

Sadly yes. 53 Yacht Fish

 

[Captain Ralph]

Well, the important issue, the 3 dogs are safe.
The SFBs that jeopardized the puppies should be locked up, on that island.

 

[SEVEN]

I listen to the news on this, and apparently the boat did not sink. The owner is working with the Coast Guard on getting into a marina to be hauled out. Nothing listed in the article regarding why he was so close to Alcatraz. There are no rocks that he could hit unless you actually hit the island.

 

[SKYCHENEY]

Why were they rescued by helicopter when there is a perfectly good tender tied to transom in that photo? What a waste of resources if that's the case.

 

[Captain Ralph]

Interesting photo, green/red buoy in the background. Maybe the camera but does not look to far.

Oh, the helo ride better be billable.

 

[oscarvan]

Wonder if the helo team needed a mission for currency.......

 

[Steve Mannshardt]

I listen to the news on this, and apparently the boat did not sink. The owner is working with the Coast Guard on getting into a marina to be hauled out. Nothing listed in the article regarding why he was so close to Alcatraz. There are no rocks that he could hit unless you actually hit the island.

This was a Delta boat for many years. Willow Berm. New owner this year. There in fact is a rock on the NW corner of Alcatraz Island. It’s dry at low tide. Not the first casualty. I suspect he grounded during the ebb and wasn’t able to get her free until the next high cycle.”

 

[Steve Mannshardt]

Why were they rescued by helicopter when there is a perfectly good tender tied to transom in that photo? What a waste of resources if that's the case.

I expect it related to the current. SF Bay can be particularly miserable during an ebb once the daily wind starts blowing through the slot, (the opening to the Bay spanned by the GG Bridge). It makes for very difficult small boat conditions.

 

[Buccaneer]

Little Alcatraz is a well known (to most, I guess) and marked rock outcropping. This isn’t the first boat to rest upon those rocks. Inexperienced operator not looking at a chart, plotter, or buoy. Expensive lesson.

 

[q240z]

This reminds me of a marina called Tall Timbers on the lower Potomac, just inside the Herring Creek inlet. You pass the red buoy and the docks are right there off the starboard side. But you will hit rocks and oyster beds if you make a bee line to the docks. The charts don't show the rocks. Instead, you have to go straight for another 150 yards to the next red buoy and button hook around it. From there, it's a straight shot to the docks. I was fortunate to have somebody with local knowledge clue me in before I arrived.

 

[jim rosenthal]

I looked at an old Hatteras 50 or 53 MY there, a few years ago, for someone who was thinking about buying it. Interesting old marina, like something out of the sixties or seventies.