Ouch

by PyratCapn on June 24, 2008

Ship Aground

This is an awful site to see.

ORCAS ISLAND — Washington state ferries Sealth and Evergreen State helped remove 27 people from a 133-foot historic sailboat that ran aground at Orcas Island today, the Coast Guard said.

No injuries were reported when the 95-year-old schooner Adventuress ran aground at about noon in Wasp Passage between Orcas and Shaw Islands in the San Juan Islands while sailing on a school trip. The ship was scheduled to participate in the Victoria, B.C., Tall Ships festival Thursday through Sunday and the Tacoma Tall Ships Festival July 3-7, where it would also celebrate its 95th birthday.
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