No more three-hour tours for this boat

By adamg - 1/30/11 - 3:21 pm

Photo by Boston Fire DepartmentPhoto by Boston Fire Department.

The Boston Fire Department reports a cabin cruiser docked at Commercial Wharf sank this afternoon. Divers went in to make sure nobody was aboard (nobody was). EMS, police, the Coast Guard and state Environmental Police also responded.

Comments

Cold

By cubiclegirl - 1/30/11 - 6:55 pm
#1

Holy cow that just looks frikken cold.

too bad

By pizzatime (not verified) - 1/30/11 - 11:54 pm
#2

I'm willing to bet a through-hull fitting was frozen, then thawed and cracked in the last two days, letting water pour in. That's one of the problems with keeping a boat in the water in New England year' round.

There goes the failboat. Set

By BR - 1/31/11 - 11:25 am
#3

There goes the failboat. Set sail for fail!

Ya, Ice / below freezing

By anon (not verified) - 1/31/11 - 11:30 am
#4

Ya, Ice / below freezing temps generally do not do good things to fiberglass

The best boat is a friend's boat

By O-FISH-L - 1/31/11 - 2:23 pm
#5

Photo gives new meaning to the old saw, "the best boat is a friend's boat."

"A boat is a hole in the

By BR - 1/31/11 - 5:23 pm
#6

"A boat is a hole in the water where your money goes."

And then, it sinks.

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