Key West. Built on shipwrecks. An interesting one in Sept was a navy destroyer mistook an island for a fishing boat. "USS Chris Christie, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, made several attempts to contact the island in an effort to get it to change course. “When the suspected vessel failed to respond, the USS Chris Christie took appropriate action and fired multiple warning shots over its bow,”'
"USS Chris Christie was traveling at a top speed of 30 knots, or 35 mph, when it struck the northern tip of Fleming Key, carving “a nearly straight” river approximately two hundred yards inland before coming to a halt. While no injuries were immediately reported, the 9,000-ton battleship is said to have sustained extensive damage to its hull after it obliterated a concrete structure belonging to the U.S. Army Special Forces Underwater Operations Training Center."
They claimed initially, "faulty navigation equipment."
Fake news?
Didnt see the USS Chris Christie on the Navys roster.
I'm pretty impressed at the speed of the boat to be able to get that far up on the bank.
if the angle of the bow and the rocks were a good match, suprising how easy they slide up.
I have pulled dozens off sod banks that you would swear couldnt have gotten up there at all.....but with the right tide and bank angle, they slide right up.
looking for a silver lining - perhaps he might have time for a quick hull rubdown and at least one coat of anti foul. Save him slipping costsLooks like he’s “up on the hard”?
Fake news?
It's quite real. We are at a neighboring marina and a friend showed me the picture he snapped. He had also heard that it was a DTS issue and that the captain did not shut down the engines for a strangely long period of time.
Happy to post the site where someone has been sharing some personal experience on this incident.
Not sure about the rules of the forum about posting a link to a different site.
If anyone is interested, can someone tell me if it is ok to post a link?
Dave, I remember seeing pictures of your boat on the rocks before you bought it. I can't remember where it happened though. Do you mind telling us?