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05-28-2017, 03:17 PM | #1 |
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On the rocks
Turns out a pontoon boat can't jump the rocks in Moultonborough Bay, but these folks sure tried! Edit: Everyone is ok.
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05-28-2017, 03:46 PM | #2 |
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We all hate to see that happen, hope all are OK. A tough lesson however there will be a live long remembrance of which side of a red marker is safe passage.
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05-28-2017, 04:02 PM | #3 |
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Hmm. Must be night time move?.....
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05-28-2017, 04:21 PM | #4 |
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There's a ton of difficult-to-navigate spots from the Graveyard North/West, even for seasoned skippers.
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05-28-2017, 04:52 PM | #5 |
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The water is very high, many visible rocks are under water. That said, there is a marker visible in the picture.
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05-28-2017, 09:55 PM | #6 |
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There's a lot of "but for the grace of God go I " going on here for sure, but we're at 504' + right now, this required some effort..... Hopefully insurance will cover the damage to the pontoon boat and the outcome will be better next time out. Navigation charts are cheap!
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05-29-2017, 05:59 AM | #7 |
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This happened right out in front of our family's cottage. We called the MP, and our two young nephews got in our boat and motored out to help. It was one middle-aged guy and his mother out for their second cruise in the pontoon boat. There were several civilian boats that stopped to help, as well as the MP and Fire and Rescue folks. An hour and a half later, when we left the cottage, the emergency boats were gone but the pontoon boat was still hung up on the rock. Don't know what happened after that. Waiting for Tow US? And, sadly, the captain didn't have insurance.
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05-29-2017, 06:24 AM | #8 |
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No Insurance?
That is crazy. How my boats operate without insurance on Winnipesaukee? Any guesses? At least no one was injured or killed that is where the lack of insurance would have really been catastrophic.
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05-29-2017, 08:04 AM | #9 |
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So was this accident a result of passing on the wrong side of the red stick buoy?
As a relative "newbie" at navigating Winni, I watch my Garmin like a hawk and I'm sure it has saved my butt many times. If someone is not paying very, careful attention to navigating, you can get messed up really quickly. Too bad for this family but having no insurance in this day and age is terrible...it's so inexpensive if you shop around online... |
05-29-2017, 01:02 PM | #10 |
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Off the rocks
After about an hour, a flat front pontoon boat arrived. The passengers got off their boat and onto the MP boat. The recovery crew used a jack to push up the front of the wrecked boat. Between the wrecked boat's motor in reverse and pushing, they were able to get it off the rocks. It was driven bow high to Ambrose Cove marina, possibly because the pontoons were likely to take on water. Amazing the motor worked.
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Wonder if they had a NH Marine operator's license after taking the Boating Education Course ???
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06-02-2017, 03:06 PM | #12 |
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We were boating by and saw it. Even though the lake is high the rock is visible.
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06-02-2017, 08:10 PM | #13 |
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I met someone this week that lives in the bay. She said that the guy was buzzing everything around including that rock for a awhile. They actually called MP due to him coming within 20 or so feet of a water trampoline that some kids were on. A few minutes later he was on the rock. No boating license per what she said.
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