55' fishing vessel ran aground in AC

[gerryb]

Web cam image shows the boat totally aground on the Beach in Atlantic City, waiting for the upcoming tide.

http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/...-fishing-vessel-runs-aground-in-atlantic-city

 

[JimG]

Wow! What was that Captain thinking?

 

[src]

Wow! What was that Captain thinking?

Off the top of my head, "I'm in deep water" and "Gosh my thumb feels good shoved up my ***"

Just a guess.

 

[sdarc]

What?!?? GPS is never wrong.

 

[aquadancer]

Wow, he missed the inlet by easy 2 miles. 'Falling asleep while on auto pilot" is a bad mix in this pretty busy area... Good thing no one got hurt

 

[IanBat]

We had exactly the same thing happen here in Sydney in February

http://www.theleader.com.au/story/1...ishing-trawler-stranded-on-rocks-at-cronulla/