Posted on 10/29/2012 9:54:02 AM PDT by shove_it
But, it's not the first time a sailing vessel has been caught on that particularly brutal lee shore. It's not the place to be close in, as the Bounty unfortunately demonstrated as she joins the thousands of her sisters who lie sunken in those waters. With 90 mph winds onshore, no auxiliary engine (I think I recall she had a 500Hp MTU) is going to allow a sailing vessel with that much tophamper to claw her way off Cape Hatteras to safer deep water.
I looked at this mess develop on NOAA Radar over the past few days as she moved in from SSE and cannot fathom why anyone would be on that heading, no matter where the heck they were going! So, let's wait for survivor reports to filter in on this one and pray the CG finds the Captain. We should also wait until Wooden Boat opines on the matter, as I think they reported on Bounty's recent overhaul!
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