Pamela Rose went aground.......that left a mark!!!!
 

Noticed a good sized boat being pulled out of the water next to the Lido Dry Stack last weekend by crane. I was 300 feet way, and I said to myself.....that sure is a funny looking bottom on that boat the way it curves in half way.

Later I found out that it was the Pamela Rose, one of the main bait boats that services Newport Harbor.

Today I had a chance to walk over an take a few pics. They say it's fixable........

http://www.newportbait.com/pictures/125.jpg

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Here's from today.....

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Couple more shots

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Steel is for real!! That is the main reason that I wouldn't buy a large fiberglass yacht. Glass is great for the go fast stuff, but if I'm going to be a couple hundred miles off shore I want steel. Imagine hitting a floating shipping container in the middle of the night. As long as you keep a steel boat painted it will last practically forever.

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Thats right Rat. My parents just crossed the Atlantic in a 45ft Sailboat. They hit a sleeping whale, had flying fish all over the deck and in the Doldrums (a place where all the crap ends up in a big circle that does not move) they saw Containers and enough wood and debris to build a city. If it were not for radar and sonar they would have punched a hole in it many times. How would you like to spend 14 days watching for crap. :rolleyes:

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That kind of crap scares the $hit out of me!! Early season boating in the Chesapeake Bay can be very hair raising! :eek:

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That kind of crap scares the hell out of me!!! The Chesapeake Bay is very hair raising at the beginning of the season!!

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That kind of crap scares the hell out of me!!! The Chesapeake Bay is very hair raising at the beginning of the season!!

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They hit a sleeping whale, They must be as dumb as a manatee!!! :stupid:

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Musta scared the crap out of R! LOL.

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Is that like 3 times scared. :D
Maby R just wanted you all to catch his drift. :eureka:

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Wow Phantom...thanks for sharing. Cool pics! Glad it's being repaired.

Hit a sleeping whale? Wow - now that's a story to tell. LOL

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In the first pics it looks like all it needs is a torch and some hammers to pund it out. Then I saw the keel was kinked. :eek: Talk about major rework!

Like Dock rat said "Steel is for real!!" and I agree. If I was to buy an ocean going cruiser it would definately be steel.

Check out this line of yachts. If I ever hit the lotto this is where I'm going. http://www.capehornyachts.com/

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my old man . . . .he's a television repair man . . . got this AWSOME set of tools . . . .i can fix it . . . . :D :D :D

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Hey! Don't encourage STMC! Before long, they'll want to make the ocean no-wake! :rolleyes:

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The story.........

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I'll post pics when I can of the repair progress. Should be interesting.

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There was a 65' fishing boat that beached up here in the middle of the night about 6 months ago. It was a wood hull and tore a "small" hole in the side. They couldn't get it off the beach and had to cut it up! :eek: Worst part was the owner operator just bought it and did not have insurance on it yet! The loss of the boat is bad enough but then the govnt charges for clean up and salvage.