46' Ocean sinks in Nantucket Harbor - The Hull Truth

andone · 06-30-2009, 09:44 AM

http://gallery.pictopia.com/inqmirro.../8272309/?o=42

This guy went down in that storm last week...6 boats in all sank...a few more turned over and theres a few on teh beach

becca rose · 06-30-2009, 10:54 AM

Why would boats be sinking in Nantucket Harbor? That seems nuts.

Venture34 · 06-30-2009, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by becca rose

Why would boats be sinking in Nantucket Harbor? That seems nuts.

Esp a 46 Ocean - thats crazy.

andone · 06-30-2009, 11:41 AM

that big nor-easter last week...was blowing 40-50 for 3 days straight...I think that 46 is actually being investigated

jigger · 06-30-2009, 11:41 AM

Beleive it or not. Nantucket Harbor is a vast amount of water space. When a NE storm brews. It can really kick up the seas. Last November a storm came in. The winds picked up the seas in the harobor to 6-8 feet. That storm did a lot of damage to this years scollop harvest. The seas got so rouch that day. That it pushed all the seed scollops on to the beaches. They were in some places 4 feet deep.

jbg108 · 06-30-2009, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by jigger

Believe it or not. Nantucket Harbor is a vast amount of water space. When a NE storm brews. It can really kick up the seas. Last November a storm came in. The winds picked up the seas in the harbor to 6-8 feet. That storm did a lot of damage to this years scallop harvest. The seas got so rouch that day. That it pushed all the seed scollops on to the beaches. They were in some places 4 feet deep.

6 to 8 feet is a mighty exaggeration but it does get really nasty when there is a strong blow from the NE. I've seen it just about at it's worst in fall Northeasters and tropical storms. Water depth limits the chop in there to about two feet but waist high waves can do some damage in a harbor. Especially when the tide puts boats above the pilings.

My father came across Monday morning on the wrong tide and said it was the worst he's seen. He's done the trip when it was blowing over 70 and routinely crosses when the ferries are not running during the winter so I'd call it a bad storm.

DDrew · 06-30-2009, 04:53 PM

I guess that storm would explain all the debris in the water today. There was way more than the normal number of logs floating around the bank, some the size of telephone poles! Be careful out there....

JESSEAJAMES · 06-30-2009, 06:25 PM

Water looks flat to me, I cant see that boat going down even in 8' waves!

Bruce H · 07-01-2009, 05:35 AM

........ Ah fahghet about! What I orignally wrote will serve no useful or constructive purpose

gerg · 07-01-2009, 08:52 AM

There are an almost unlimited number of reasons a 46 foot boat would sink during a storm.

Usually it has something to do with a fitting coming loose (hose, thru-hull, water separator, etc) and water being allowed to come in over a period of time. Eventually the pumps either fail, batteries drain, or the inflow just exceeds the outflow.

Occasionally, it's another reason like a prop getting smashed on the bottom and pulling a shaft, punching a support through, or maybe an object putting a hole in the hull, or the issue that a boat is more valuable on the bottom than in yachtworld.

Stuff like that.

andone · 07-01-2009, 09:04 AM

idk how much of an exaggeration that was...people were sayin there were 3-5' rollers hitting some of the beaches in the harbor...I know I saw water coming over a sea wall typically 3 feet higher than the water level at high tide... Im pretty sure that picture was taken a day or two after the height of the storm.