A commercial trawler which frequents our little town went down at one of the commercial docks. One of a dwindling number of wooden boats; she was built in 1978. The little harbor was filled with the smell of diesel and a visible red slick covered several areas, despite a retaining boom placed by the USCG.
Lady Barbara wallows in the mud of Oriental, NC harbor, while sister Miss Melissa looks on helplessly.
Bill