Whose Cat flipped on the Chesapeake?
 

Has anyone heard whose cat flipped on the Bay today? Saw some photos of it upside down on the news, but no info on who yet.

-Greg

Yhats a horrible way to start the season.
I hope everyone made it out :confused:

het greg i saw it on the news also was out about noon and didnt see it so it must have happened later than that. looked to be a good sized cat. still got the formula??

Rob

Its way too early in the season.News i hate to hear!:(

what news channel

:(

Where on the bay? Doesn't sound good. Hoping for the best.....

Dave

News up date at the late night news cast on channel 13.
So far 2 dead :( it happend at the mouth of the Magothy River, Chesapeak Bay. North of Annapolis, MD.

Should be up on www.wjz.com in a couple of hours, nothing there yet.

-Greg

They showed some picts of it upside down and a little of the side but I didn't know who it was. It looks like a mid 30's skater.

not to speculate ...but i know of a 36 cat that is near there :(

do you have any picts of it?

slinshot i think we may be thinking of the same cat colors on the news looked close.

According to USCG at 7:45PM: The boat and identities of those involved have not been released. Maryland State Police Trooper 1 and vessels from the USCG Actitivities Baltimore responded. 1 body has been recovered, the search for the 2nd continues. The accident occurred approximately 3nm east of Gibson Island. Cause of accident is still unknown at this time. Initial reports estimate the size of the boat to be over 30', and possibly jet propelled. Newschannel footage (Channel 13 WJZ) confirm the boat was a Cat type.

That's all I have right now. As we all know, most of the details as reported by the news are usually incorrect and many times exaggerated for drama effect. Two of the 3 inept news stations in Baltimore have already reported inaccurate information.

Some of the information coming by telephone (unconfirmed at this time) would lead CBPBA members to easily identify the boat and owner. Please keep those involved and their families in mind, and in your prayers. Until we get a full confirmation from USCG, let's keep this from getting out of hand.

Sad news:( :(

Very Sad News :( :( :(

Any updates yet?

No updates yet. Like Keith said please keep this from getting out of control until we know more about what has happend.



Also my thoughts and prayers go out to the family of the two invloved.

:( :( :(

I got a call at about 10PM with this info:

It was a new boat, brand new full canopy cat.
So far, there were two assumed aboard, and presumed deceased.
As of 10PM the boat was at Sandy Point, and the were attempting to right the boat. It was found floating upside down at in the Magothy River. As of the time of my update, no one had come forward that had seen the accident.

(edited post)

Two people lost their lives today doing something we all enjoy very much. Just trying to be respectful to the families involved. We now know more details, but waiting for an official confirmation from the public information officer.

I assume no one saw this boat flip?

Dang! I go skiing in western MD for the weekend and come back to this. An exploded tanker off of the MD atlantic coastline and a flipped offshore cat in chessie bay. :(

Many lives lost from the tanker. Looks like two lost from the cat. Condolensces to all lost.

"A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for. - Grace Murray Hopper"

Thank you for removing the name Brian. I think we all agree it's proper protocol and best practice to wait for official information before posting information like that in a public forum.

Maryland Department Natural Resource Police (DNR) will be investigating the accident and releasing more information in the morning. mpally, local news reported there the accident was observed.

Agreed Keith.

I keep getting more choked up about this by the minute.
:( :(

God bless their families.

Soo SAD, another very tragic loss to our growing family of offshore. Just a damn shame. Our condolences to the grieving families of this loss.
Frank & Lois

Very sad.:( :( :(

My condolences to their families and friends

Brian thanks for taking the name out. Again until we know more info we should not make any speculations about who was involved.

:(

My thoughts and prayers are with the family

I saw a full canopied cat go by Saturday about 2:00 heading south. It was black and white with some red. I believe it may have been turbine powered with surface drives. They must have been to the Chesapeake Inn.
The water conditions were very flat. God Bless

That's exactly what I meant when I was referring to "inept news stations". I believe we'll have accurate information from DNR tomorrow and will post a follow up.

All too often in our lives we forget how fragile and precious life is. I, as well as many of you, have the inclination for running performance boats. Unfortunatly these joys we hold dear to our hearts can come with consiquence. We repeatedly try to explain to others the joy and excitment these machines bring us. They will never understand. We will meet on the weekends and share good times with friends we now know due to our love of the sport. When we lose someone from this small close knit community it hurts. I have read other posts about accidents that had a human price tag and though I felt bad for the families and friends I never really knew what it would feel like if it were someone I knew. I now know! I cant discribe what this is like but I know I dont like it very much. This accident comes two weeks after the loss of another friend of the sport. I know we will all move forward and never forget these people, but I must say things have changed. Maybe I am taking this ...I dont know but this loss has hit me hard and I am ..... Well I guess I just wanted to say something..... May the families of these fine people find comfort, I know the friends of these people will be there for them now and in the future. may the thoughts and prayers from all of us that boat on the chesapeake and beyond be with the families.

Oh how sad. :( This is not how I wanted winter to end. My God bless them, and help the families make it through this rough period of life.

this is going to have a effect to everone with high speed cats. bless all involved:( :(

:( :( :(
My condolences to the families.

To those who may have past on in this horrible accident, we must remember that they will now be in a far greater place than any of us can imagine and rest in comfort that we may all be together again in Heaven. God Bless them and there families....

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