Around 10:30 p.m. on Monday, Coast Guard Station Ocean City was notified a 57-foot trawler-style recreational yacht and struck the Harry Kelley Bridge on the south side. According to Coast Guard Petty Officer Kyle Wood, the vessel was not based in the area, but rather was a transient recreational boat passing through the area on Monday on its way north. The vessel dropped anchor in the Inlet area south of the bridge near the channel on Monday night but its anchor did not hold and it drifted toward the bridge.
“The anchor kept dragging and the current was coming through there pretty fast,” said Wood on Monday. “They kept drifting north on the current and attempted to pull up the anchor, but the current kept pushing them north and eventually they struck the bridge.”
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Duh! Obviously not familiar with the area. Nobody can anchor a boat in that area. The currents are just too strong for any boat, large or small.
ReplyDeleteWas the SFD Fire Boat dispatched to deal with the carnage?
ReplyDeleteThere is a very expensive anchor just waiting to be sold as scrap down there. Maybe some of the local drug addict thieves will drown trying to get it.
ReplyDeletei remember a loaded barge hit the bridge early one morning. they had the sha, coast guard, and divers check it. all lanes were closed for most of the morning and one lane remained closed for about a week.
ReplyDeleteOCPD did an excellent Job...
ReplyDeleteI work not far from there and watched them...
Great team work OCPD!!!
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ReplyDeleteBoth of them!