*cringe*

night0wl · #1 (**permalink**) 10-23-2008

This one made me double over in pain...so pretty.

51-foot sailboat runs aground in Pompano Beach -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

Right in pompano beach...

Maine Sail · #2 (**permalink**) 10-23-2008

The dinghy davits failed too...

I can certainly understand hitting a submerged reef but how do you hit an entire STATE??

CharlieCobra · #3 (**permalink**) 10-23-2008

She looks pretty good for being beached. Nothing like a full keel.

night0wl · #4 (**permalink**) 10-23-2008

Anyone know what kind of yacht she is?

chucklesR · #5 (**permalink**) 10-23-2008

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Originally Posted by night0wl

Anyone know what kind of yacht she is?

EP -Expensive paperweight.
Too pretty to sand the bottom paint off that way.

T37Chef · #6 (**permalink**) 10-23-2008

I have heard slip fees are getting pretty pricey down there but gee wiz?

night0wl · #7 (**permalink**) 10-23-2008

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Originally Posted by T37Chef

I have heard slip fees are getting pretty pricey down there but gee wiz?

On a side note, if anyone needs a slip (and isn't a liveaboard)...I have a dock behind my house that is opening up. PM me for details. 55' mast height limit

zz4gta · #8 (**permalink**) 10-23-2008

that'll buff out, good as new.

Boasun · #9 (**permalink**) 10-23-2008

This is a monument to their Navigation and seamanship skills.
But now that they have made this mistake, they won't make it again....I hope.
Now have we learned from their mistake??

knothead · #10 (**permalink**) 10-23-2008

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Originally Posted by CharlieCobra

She looks pretty good for being beached. Nothing like a full keel.

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Originally Posted by zz4gta

that'll buff out, good as new.

Charlie, you are exactly right. I would be willing to bet that the boat will have suffered very little structural damage. Unless shes laying on a rock that I can't see.

Not that there is anything wrong with bolted on 6 foot fin keels with 5000 lbs of lead at the bottom.