Boater's Bad Day After Christmas
Dec 30, 2015 04:55:39 #
Ken's Kaper ran aground after a storm on the 26th. The vessel had broken its mooring during the night. With the high winds and surf it safely floated over the coral reef and came aground at Baby Beach. The vessel suffered no damage to this point.
Dec 30, 2015 05:26:24 #
Good set JoAnne, but not a good way to exit 2015, -- at least there is no damage, you will have to post some re-floating shots?
Geoff
Geoff
JoAnneK01 wrote:
Ken's Kaper ran aground after a storm on the 26th. The vessel had broken its mooring during the night. With the high winds and surf it safely floated over the coral reef and came aground at Baby Beach. The vessel suffered no damage to this point.
Dec 30, 2015 05:47:25 #
GWR100 wrote:
Good set JoAnne, but not a good way to exit 2015, -- at least there is no damage, you will have to post some re-floating shots?
Geoff
Geoff
Talked with the owner yesterday morning and he is taking things off the vessel to try and lighten it as much as possible. Since we normally have a 1 - 2 foot tide change with extremes being about 4' it will not be easy for him to have it removed. He feels that they'll damage the boat more as they try to move it. Once clear of land he'll have to wait for high-high tide to get it over the coral reef. I wish him luck.
Dec 30, 2015 05:52:43 #
Dec 30, 2015 07:13:38 #
JoAnneK01 wrote:
Ken's Kaper ran aground after a storm on the 26th. The vessel had broken its mooring during the night. With the high winds and surf it safely floated over the coral reef and came aground at Baby Beach. The vessel suffered no damage to this point.
JoAnneK01, nice pictures of the grounded boat, and good story of this sad, unfortunate event. Thanks for sharing. :thumbup: Tejaswrangler :)
Jan 1, 2016 01:44:31 #
Jan 1, 2016 19:07:54 #
Mar 9, 2016 18:07:21 #
JoAnneK01 wrote:
Ken's Kaper ran aground after a storm on the 26th. The vessel had broken its mooring during the night. With the high winds and surf it safely floated over the coral reef and came aground at Baby Beach. The vessel suffered no damage to this point.
Lovely shots but sad story, just hope it had a happy ending
Mar 9, 2016 22:09:00 #
Ken's Kaper was refloated on 1/14/16 with only minor damage. It was able to go out on a high, high tide about 3 in the morning.
May 27, 2016 22:25:11 #
JoAnneK01 wrote:
Ken's Kaper ran aground after a storm on the 26th. The vessel had broken its mooring during the night. With the high winds and surf it safely floated over the coral reef and came aground at Baby Beach. The vessel suffered no damage to this point.
These are excellent shots Joanne; thank God there was no damage to the vessel or those on board !
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