This past Sat, I went to Boca Grand (Gasparilla Island) for an Easter egg hunt
with our grandchildren. After the gala event, I drove to the South most end, to
Boca Grande Pass and Lighthouse. I came across this boat, a real nice twin
engine Center Console. According to the park ranger, it arrived about 2:00am,
reportedly with steering problems. When I arrived Sat about 11:00am, a
professional tow company was already on site with two boats.

all shot with 7D, 18-200, some extensively cropped


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Oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii............

Standing on the beach with my camera, watching this unfold, felt a bit surreal.
It seemed pretty obvious to me, that it would roll over as soon at it hit deeper
water. I was thinking, once they get it a few feet off the beach, in very shallow
water (still partially sitting on the bottom), they will stop to pump it, get it level,
and then pull it into deeper water.

I watched as they just dragged it off, out in Boca Grande pass, and like I thought,
over and down she went.

I have posted a few more previously un-posted pictures, be sure to check them out, at the original link.

Remember in my original post I said "... professional tow company was already
on site with two boats...", well here is a composite of three previously un-posted
pictures, showing the other one of the two boats, involved in this incident:





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Wow frank that is nuts! Does the boat owner knwow you took these photos? It might be helpful for them to help fight the case with the tow company.

Thanks for posting!

So if you see this guy coming to 'help' you and your boat out,
what would you do?