By Beth David, Editor
Powerful winds and rain not only ruined many barbecue plans for the holiday weekend, but also wreaked havoc with some boats in the local waters. At West Island Marina in Fairhaven, two boats broke from their moorings. One was beached and escaped relatively unscathed. The other, the “Off the Hook,” sank and had to be pumped out with significant amounts of water spewing from it on Monday, 5/31/21.
Fairhaven Harbormaster Timothy Cox said the larger boat was a 37-footer that had no damage at all.
The Off the Hook, however, had four holes in the bottom. Workers from TowBoat US plugged up the holes as well as well as they could, he said, but it still took six pumps to keep the water out long enough to float it to the ramp and get it out of the water.
Mr. Cox said there were four pumps on board, and two more being run from the TowBoat boat that was on a mooring not far away.
Mr. Cox said he was not sure if the boat was salvageable.
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- A 37-foot boat is beached, while a smaller boat is under water, just north of West Island Marina on Goulart Memorial Drive in Fairhaven on Sunday morning, 5/30/21, after strong winds pulled both boats off their moorings in Round Cove. Photo courtesy of Arthur Jackman.
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- The cabin cruiser, Off the Hook, is under water on Sunday, 5/30/21 after strong winds pulled it from its mooring in Round Cove in Fairhaven, Mass. Photo by Beth David.
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- As if to prove a point, water splashes up on the shore where the cabin cruiser, Off the Hook, is under water on Sunday, 5/30/21, after strong winds pulled it from its mooring in Round Cove in Fairhaven, Mass. Photo by Beth David.
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- Water is pumped out of the cabin cruister, Off the Hook, under the direction of TowBoat personnel on Monday, 5/31/21, after strong winds pulled it from its mooring in Round Cove in Fairhaven, Mass. Photo by Beth David.
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- Water is pumped out of the cabin cruister, Off the Hook, under the direction of TowBoat personnel on Monday, 5/31/21, after strong winds pulled it from its mooring in Round Cove in Fairhaven, Mass. Photo by Beth David.
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