Cat beached on Sunshine Key.
 

My dad just sent me a pic of a blue Nor Tech, or MTI thats sitting beached on the island. I guess the guy is from Jersey, anyone know anything about it?

So...........post the pic!!!

A cat pulled up on a beach in the keys the day after keywest...was the guy sitting in front of it in a beach chair with a drink in his hand and his toes in the sand?? Or by beached do yuo mean 30 yards up the beach from the water as in OOOOOPPSSSS!

Is this a guessing game?

No, paid membership to post pics.

That's funny, we beach boats down here all the time, what else is weird about this.

Cheap bastard!

you can hotlink the pic if you upload to photobucket or any other image hosting site.

Blue boat from NJ........yup, I know the guy:grinser010:

Either someone hit the beach or left it up on the beach when the tide went out, either way, it's not good, bummer.

Hmmm, that's not how I'd personally beach a boat if I was only stopping off for a quick drink...

That's up there...

It's a 52' MTI

Looks like a "beach it to keep it from sinking" type beaching IMHO...if it was intentional.

Dave

EDIT: add screen cap from vid..

http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-w_...ed%2520Cat.jpg

Holy S**t, that was his brand new 52 MTI. What happened??

this is the same boat Y/N???

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...-concepts.html

She's a beauty!

That is the new 52 MTI that is owned by Brad Benson. Matt Trulio did an article on it about a week ago.

Yes, same boat.

I'm sure Brad is thrilled!

Can u post link to that story? I guess I missed it.

He just left Key west late this morning I saw him at the dock cleaning out his sea strainers.

Don't know anymore then that

opps

Hopefully he got the lids on the strainers nice and tight.... That would really suck if that turned out to be the problem, because it looks like a "Beaching in lieu of Sinking" event to me.... IMHO.

I hope he has Sea Tow.....................

Hope he isn't one of those guys on the insurance thread without any! :cartman:

The initial story is the escape hatch blew off and the boat was filling with water so he beached it

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awesome boat , any video of her running ?
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Whoops... that will put a dent in the ole customer satisfaction scale.... Flood the cockpit with saltwater, might as well total it.

Man that's too bad it's one beautiful boat, hate to hear things like this... Jim

Wow.
Even the expensive boats have issues.

Lets talk salvage laws

Yikes. Too bad

Naw, if you can afford a boat like that, you don't need Ins. :)


How did they get it off the beach?

not today,the owner drove it away today.

they pushed it off with a D10 dozer, i think they put a couple of tires between the blade and the hull

The escape hatch is above the water line at rest.
It's possible that the hatch locks got accidentally kicked open while out playing in some big water, and the crew kept going until the hatch was beat off not knowing it was designed above the waterline

I was thinking commdersander knows a quality savage crew.

Any Picts of that?

That is correct.. the seas were big on the outside and brought it in to saved it from any additional damage. Boat is back on trailer northbound with no damage. Owner was at mostly upset that no one was grilling burgers at the beach.