18 seacraft - rescue in Vineyard Sound.

[thehermit]

would be nice to know what happened?!?! Also very nice to see everyone is OK.

[kmoose]

High water alarms are cheap insurance for a boat of any size. Aside from a good thirsty mate I keep a very large bilge pump stowed away with a pre-attached big hose and gator clips on the leads.

I'm glad they had assistance to get off and all is good but this should remind everyone to think about what they would do in a similar situation. I have been in some hairy situations taking on water two separate times in commercial boats. Fortunately the captains in both situations had procedures in place that turned absolute calamity into a close call. It was a tough way to learn but it has provided great reference in how I stay prepared and how I do my best to keep such from occurring.

[bumpdraft]

So after he got out, it looked like the boat was floating again and they just left it?

[NoBones]

Sad part is morons like this are breathing our air.....

[Boatboy6]

Originally Posted by NoBones

Sad part is morons like this are breathing our air.....

And more importantly sinking our SeaCrafts!

[thehermit]

Originally Posted by bumpdraft

So after he got out, it looked like the boat was floating again and they just left it?

Bigshrimpin where did this go down?

Let's go get the boat! Nobody saved it.

[Bigshrimpin]

Originally Posted by thehermit

Bigshrimpin where did this go down?

Let's go get the boat! Nobody saved it.

FishStretcher posted that it's vineyard sound side of quicks hole. Looks that way from the Video. It's hard for me to believe the Coast Guard would let that boat bob around for very long on 4th of July weekend. Menempsha and Woods Hole stations are pretty close by.

[FishStretcher]

To flesh this out a bit- I thought the call was a prank at first as I didn't think anyone would act that way on VHF. Like the buffoons who had that video a while back of the mola mola/ ocean sunfish. "What IS that thing, buddy? It's wicked huge- It must be a whale!!!" Those guys.

That's about what it sounded like.

I suspect they didn't lose a plug, as quick's is ~perhaps 5-6 miles from anywhere you can put in. But it is a very heavily traveled passage thru the Elizabeth Islands.

[FishStretcher]

For the record, I was in the Vineyard Sound today. I forgot how smooth it is compared to Buzzard's Bay. I got my butt kicked this afternoon in Buzzards. 9.5 knots home into a chop. I had to wear swim goggles. My feet went numb. I think the chop was 6 feet apart on top of swells.

[76Red18]

An 18' SeaCraft will float with the bilge completely full and the scuppers plugged. With that level of inexperience, I say they forgot the drain plug.