Boat grounded on reef off Solitude

Nothing stuck on the reef this morning.

There is one grounded up on the beach just past Chicken Charlies as you head into C'sted.

noticed it also. sometimes i think it is moored out there but saturday the mast seemed to leaning a bit.

It is a poor neglected Westsail 32 which has parted its ground tackle 3 times in the last 6 months. It spent about 3 of those months on the exact same stretch of beach it is now in front of.

Those boats are designed to sail, not to park. As they say, "no one ever drowned aboard a Westsail, but several people have starved to death!"

Westsails are known as a great boat to sail around the world on but no one would live that long.

can i have salvage rights? lol:S

pull of reef and sail it away.....

actually, more than likely! Call the uscg.

Pamela

There used to be a boat moored just off the shore where the beached boat is. I haven't seen it for about a week or so. Noticed the mast of the beached boat about the same time the moored boat disappeared. I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same.

can i have salvage rights? lol:S

pull of reef and sail it away.....

You can call the USCG but really call a competent Admiralty Lawyer here and get the exact info and procedure.

sure the boat needs to much work. would have to win the BIG lottery to fix that boat. and would need a crew.8-)

Is it "Kenny's" boat ?

kenny? as in chesney? if it is i could be his crew. (crew of one):P

Kenny is the Jimmy Buffett wannabe that used to hang out east. He had a sailboat moored near Skov's. I think it went aground in Omar and he moved it towards Cotton Valley

Is the boat you're talking about the Eleanor?

1974 Westsail named "Fata Morgana" homeported in Omaha, NE and registered to Duane Thompson.

I wonder if the same fate happened to the real "morgana" from the 70's... she had the opposite problem....a little" TOP" heavy...lol:P