Happens to the best of them

[Stillraining]

Vintage sailing ship runs aground near Orcas Island | Top Stories | KING5.com | News for Seattle, Washington

[BlowinSouth]

They say there are two kinds of sailors... those who have run aground and those who lie about never having done it.

[cardiacpaul]

at my last haul out the cuban seriously asked me what kind of wheels I was going to weld to that big fin lookin' thing.

[Stillraining]

Heres a picture of Wasp Pass on an ebb

[jrd22]

Still- actually that is Pole Pass (just north of Wasp). I haven't heard the details yet, but it was a nice day, light winds, the pass is well marked with buoys. What happened? The Washington ferries run through Wasp all the time, so it's not difficult. I'm wondering if they lost power while motoring or something and the current ran them up on one of the numerous rocks in the area?

John

[Faster]

That's a shame.. it's been a bad bit of time for such boats... our Robertson II ran aground in similarly benign conditions last summer, salvage efforts were ultimately unsuccessful. These sail training/adventure ships provide a great service (clean, healthy recreation) to many kids and I'm afraid that as we lose them through attrition like this, no one is likely to replace them.

[Stillraining]

Whoops...your right jrd22...

They are not letting that info out yet here is all we get so far...

27 rescued after schooner runs aground in San Juans
95-year-old ship was on school trip
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ORCAS ISLAND -- The Washington state ferry Sealth helped remove 27 people from a 133-foot historic sailboat that ran aground at Orcas Island on Monday, the Coast Guard said.

No injuries were reported when the 95-year-old schooner Adventuress ran aground at about noon in Wasp Passage in the San Juan Islands while sailing on a school trip. The ship was scheduled to participate in the Victoria Tall Ships festival Thursday through Sunday and the Tacoma Tall Ships Festival July 3-7, where it would also celebrate its 95th birthday.

The Coast Guard was investigating the cause of the grounding, said Petty Officer Tara Molle.

"She's a tough old ship," said Catherine Collins, executive director of Sound Experience, the Port Townsend company that sails the two-masted schooner.

Collins said the sailboat had previously run aground in the 1960s and came out of the experience without a scratch.

"We're not worried," she said, adding that the ship was not taking water. "As soon as the tide comes in, they're going to float her."
High tide was at 10:08 p.m. Monday.

The sailboat had 15 passengers and a crew of 12 on board when it went aground, Collins said.

According to the company's Web site, the wooden sailboat was built as a pleasure yacht in 1913 but was quickly transformed into a working boat, serving as the pilot boat for San Francisco Bay for 35 years. The Coast Guard used the boat to patrol off San Francisco during World War II.

After years of neglect sitting on the beach near Sausalito, Calif., the ship was brought to Seattle by new owners, participated in several youth education programs and eventually was bought by the Sound Experience for educational and other trips in Washington's waters.

[Stillraining]

Guess shes under her own power headed Back to Port Townsend...

Most likely hung up on Shirtail Reef..Here is where most grounding occur in the San Juans