Boat on the rocks.

[Trojan]

They just put a boat on the rocks at Ceder Point Sundusky, Ohio. The caption was quoted as looking at his gauges when the boat hit the rocks. Eight people were on board. One person was ejected on the rocks, 3 went to the hospital. They were filming a fishing show for TV, by Roger Raglin. It takes all kinds.

BILL

 

[jim rosenthal]

Helps to look where you're going, doesn't it....the one time I ran aground and damaged things I WAS looking where I was going- I wasn't looking where I was right then, though. Like the oyster reef that showed on the chart....

 

[Pascal]

STUPID STUPID STUPID. He was runnning 25kts at night, in fog, with GPS and Radar and yet managed to hit the marked breakwater coming in his own marina...

he mentioned 8 people on board/in the water when he called for help... I hope the boat is either an inspected vessel or that the 2 extra bodies were real crew.

the guy's website has pictures of the boat... here is one... what's wrong with picture ?

I don't think i would get aboard with the skipper who "parked" that boat... even if he is, and i quote the site, "a U.S. Merchant Marine Officer licensed by United States Coast Guard as a Master of Steam, Motor, or auxiliary Sail, of not more than 25 tons on the Great Lakes and Inland Waterways; also Authorized to engage in Commercial Assistance towing."

it does sound impressive, doens' it ? too bad they don't teach that you shoudln't let your shorepower cord in the water...

http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2007/07/18/front/344077.txt
http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2007/07/19/front/344459.txt

 

[jlightonjr]

Amazing what is out there on the water and what people do -- and don't do... I hope everyone will be ok...

 

[SKYCHENEY]

STUPID STUPID STUPID. He was runnning 25kts at night, in fog, with GPS and Radar and yet managed to hit the marked breakwater coming in his own marina...

3 STUPIDS is about right. One for going that fast at night. One for going that fast in fog and one for going that fast near shore. He's lucky that they only hit the rocks and not some other boat. If he had, then there probably would have been even more injuries.

 

[jim rosenthal]

You mean the 110vac cord in the water, or did I miss something else? Wait, I get it- the shore power cord is also working as a dockline. How could I be so dense?

 

[Pascal]

yeah, it's in the water... and there is nothing holding the cable on the boat, just the plug and plastic collar... if that slips, you have a 220v cord in FRESH water which is even more deadly than salt...

 

[neosin]

The boat doesn't even look like that much damage was done... I saw a hatteras that hit a barge online the other day and it had a bow looked like it was hit hard, split open and crushed in 5 feet or so.

This thing looks like it just banged the rocks a little... Doesn't look like that could of been doing 25kts... maybe 15 - 20... even then i'd say he had his bow up...

 

[spartonboat1]

Thanks for the pictures posted from the Sandusky Register.

I thought the breakwater didn't look all that worse for wear!

The boat does look like he was moving at a good clip. What was he thinking. I get very nervous when I get closer than a 1/2 mile to an object at night. Just idling, in an out of gear, I almost contacted a breakwater that I was familiar with...I am now more familiar than before. Also, I post at least two watches in the dark.

IMHO, it was poor piloting and judgement, by any measure. And I hope I'm not tempting the devil by posting this!

 

[(Nobody You Know)]

I don't think i would get aboard with the skipper who "parked" that boat... even if he is, and i quote the site, "a U.S. Merchant Marine Officer licensed by United States Coast Guard as a Master of Steam, Motor, or auxiliary Sail, of not more than 25 tons on the Great Lakes and Inland Waterways; also Authorized to engage in Commercial Assistance towing."

My most horrifying baoting experience was with a licensed "captain" who graduated from a 2 week school which is cramed with info and EVERYONE PASSES!

This guy didn't know half of s_ _t, what a GPS was (this was in 1999), or how to get a weather report. We cruised right into a major storm in Pamico Sound. My hand held GPS (and MY chart) got us into Englehard, a little known but safe harbor.

The boat, a brand new Silverton, little to our knowledge, had started breaking up in the storm (loooong story made really short, OK).

Never, repeat NEVER, go boating with anyone unless you have very good reason to beleive that they are well qualified to opperate a (or his) vessel.

(Doug hurry up and fix that darn "Bold" icon).

 

[Trojan]

The boat was a 33FT. Fountain. Damage was estimated at over $400,000. It hit on the bow and side.

BILL

 

[Trojan]

The cause of the crash was ruled as operator inattension. I wonder what his next job is going to be. Dock hand.

BILL