***SCHADENFREUDE*** when I found out later today that the boat was with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation!
Violating restricted zones - with schoolchildren.
Thankfully all were safe, when local boaters helped save them. Wonder what the school will do for the future? Probably status quo, as apparently they feel the need to continue PC indoctrination on The Environment(TM).
I think I found the cause...
Arrrrrrrrgh, Matey, you done good.
The students from Kent School in Chestertown, Maryland, were on an annual science trip, said the school’s admissions director, Tricia Cammerzell.
Baker told The Associated Press at the foundation’s Annapolis headquarters that the boat’s captain, Shawn Ridgely, is Coast Guard certified and has a “stellar reputation,” with an unblemished record during 10 years of foundation trips.
Well, they were near an old bombing site. They should consider themselves lucky that whatever they hit did not blow up.
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
“Shockley, who has been accused of harvesting undersized oysters, credited other watermen with helping him with the rescue. He said watermen have gotten a bad rap, and jokingly referred to himself as a “pirate.””