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Chocolate Hole Sail Boat on Rocks

Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 6:57 pm
by benchill
As reported by a few eagle-eyed cam watchers earlier, there is a 42' Beneteau on the rocks.

She came loose this AM just before 10. Our neighbor spotted it and put the locals into action. By the time they could get out to her, she was already on the rocks. Sea tow came from St. Thomas and attempted to move her but it was just too dangerous where she was sitting.

Now, sadly, the tide has moved in and is pounding her against the rocks. As you can see, she is wedged in there.

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Sadly, another boat capsized on Tuesday and is floating inverted in Chocolate Hole too. You can see the doomed sailboat right behind the capsized boat in this picture from yesterday.



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Been a rough week for boats.

Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 7:14 pm
by bevm
Geez, that's sad. I wonder if that happened during the bad rains last week or more recently? I hope no one was hurt?

Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 7:37 pm
by mbw1024
wow, that's rough!

Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 8:41 am
by onthelake
Wow - that is so sad! :cry:

Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 9:39 am
by LMG
Oh that's such a bummer. Poor boats :( (and boat owners).

Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 10:21 am
by Gromit
Ouch! Now that's gonna leave a mark! :oops:

What's that? A quarter of a million dollar boat? oops. :roll:

Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 10:26 am
by hoosierdaddy
It makes me sick to see that boat on the rocks. I couldn't imagin how the owner feels. Hope no one was on her when she broke loose.

Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 11:07 am
by crasherino
Hopefully its just a boat for recreation and not actually the owners home.

Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 6:48 pm
by captainjay
This guy broke lose last year as well and Sea Tow towed it back to St Thomas then. The guy lives in Europe I beleive and the boat sits unattended for long periods. Not realy smart. I hope it's not as bad as it looks. I don't think it made it to the beach last time.
Jay

Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 6:52 pm
by California Girl
That's so sad. I wonder if the guy needs a permanent "boat sitter".... I'd sacrifice my job to do that. :lol: (once he gets it fixed, that is!)

Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 7:49 pm
by loria
wow, she is hard aground! how'd she get in there?

Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 10:31 pm
by kellyanna
Yeah, maybe that guy will let CaGirl & myself sailboat-sit now that we have all this sailin' experience from Capt. Jay & Keith.

Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 11:09 pm
by bevm
kellyanna wrote:Yeah, maybe that guy will let CaGirl & myself sailboat-sit now that we have all this sailin' experience from Capt. Jay & Keith.
You're just "Deck Fluff"! Your job is to sit there and look cute. You can't help those people! :cry:

Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 12:01 am
by California Girl
bevm wrote: You're just "Deck Fluff"! Your job is to sit there and look cute. You can't help those people! :cry:
LMAO!

Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 12:56 am
by kellyanna
ROTFL - We maybe he needs some Deck Fluff. At least we could have figured out something was going wrong. I did observe.