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PatMyGreen
12-16-2005, 01:29 PM
Any of you guys know how the boat ran aground or if this story is even true?

PatMyGreen
12-16-2005, 01:32 PM
Well i guess its true, just found the story. Still curious how it ran aground in a marine reserve though.

http://starbulletin.com/2005/12/16/news/briefs.html
Owners hope to move stranded fishing boat
HILO » The owners of a stranded 68-foot fishing vessel with four tons of fish on board were hoping to get the ship off the rocky eastern shore of the Big Island during high tide last night, said Clifford Inn, of the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.
With 3,000 gallons of diesel fuel on board, the longline fishing boat Sky Sun was worrying officials because it went aground at the southern end of the Waiopae Tidepools Marine Life Conservation District 25 miles southeast of Hilo.

When the emergency call came in to Hawaii County Fire Department rescue personnel about 5 a.m. yesterday, they were able to use a helicopter to lift the captain, four crew members and a National Marine Fisheries Service observer from the ship, all uninjured, the Fire Department said.

TheMackDaddy
12-16-2005, 02:00 PM
so is it still stranded on the reef or did it sink