[Public-list] Claud W Somers - Skipjack capsized

[Bill Blevins]

One of my friends was racing prams in this regatta Sunday and saw this 
whole event happen (apparently right on the starting/finish line):

http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2004/102004/10132004/1535882

Museum's skipjack sinks during regatta

A 93-year-old skipjack that capsized during a weekend regatta remains 
marooned in the Rappahannock River near Orchard Point and the mouth of 
the Corrotoman River.

None of the eight crew members aboard the Claud W. Somers was injured 
when the boat sank near the conclusion of Sunday's Turkey Shoot Regatta 
near Yankee Point Marina in Lancaster County.

The boat, a restored 42-foot skipjack built in 1911, did not sustain 
serious damage and has been towed into shallow water out of the path of 
commercial traffic, said Cara Sutherland, director of the Reedville 
Fishermen's Museum. The museum owns the skipjack.

No one is sure what caused the sinking, Sutherland said.

During exploratory dives Monday, the crew's personal belongings were 
removed. Now attention turns to retrieving the boat and getting it home 
safely, Sutherland said.


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