No more three-hour tours for this boat

By adamg on Sun, 01/30/2011 - 2:21pm

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.

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Downtown

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Boston Harbor

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Comments

Cold

By cubiclegirl on Sun, 01/30/2011 - 5:55pm.

Holy cow that just looks frikken cold.

too bad

By pizzatime on Sun, 01/30/2011 - 10:54pm.

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 Katia on Mon, 01/31/2011 - 10:25am.

There goes the failboat. Set sail for fail!

Ya, Ice / below freezing

By anon on Mon, 01/31/2011 - 10:30am.

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 on Mon, 01/31/2011 - 1:23pm.

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

"A boat is a hole in the

By Katia on Mon, 01/31/2011 - 4:23pm.

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

And then, it sinks.