Drifting sailing boat T-boned by motor cruiser

9:06 PM Mon 28 Jun 2010 GMT

'It could happen to any of us in close waters. A piece of the motor boat’s deck is attached to the gaping hole in the Beneteau - photo by Ted Hayes' .

There but for the Grace...A yacht in drifting air has no chance against a motor boat at speed, and the Beneteau that was T-boned by a motor yacht last week in Bristol Rhode Island (USA) ended up with a large hole and a piece of the motor boat that hit them attached to its hull. The yacht, a Beneteau 310, was hauled from the water at Bristol Marine with a gaping hole in its port side. Sticking out from the hole was a section of the powerboat's deck. A bowline and cleat, also apparently from the powerboat, were wrapped around ...

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by Bruce Burdett/Sail-World Cruising