6/22/2004: Grounded

Undertoad · 06-22-2004, 12:03 PM

It must take some hard work to get something this large so perfectly balanced. This shot doesn't show the size here - this little Alaskan boat is actually a 70 footer, ironically named "Waters". That thing it's sitting so perfectly on top of is a navigational beacon. The crew abandoned ship and waited for high tide to float it again.

glatt · 06-22-2004, 12:21 PM

cool picture

chrisinhouston · 06-22-2004, 01:02 PM

Wow, I thought they may have actually found Noah's Ark on Mt. Ararat!

jaguar · 06-22-2004, 01:16 PM

Boy are they going to get shit back at the pub.

wolf · 06-22-2004, 01:43 PM

I don't see the problem. I mean, hey, they FOUND the navigation beacon they were looking for, right?

And with the global warming they keep warning us about, shouldn't be more than a couple days before the sea level rises high enough to float that bad boy right off of there.

GuyNamedGuy · 06-22-2004, 03:15 PM

Absolutely hilarious.

How many tons of boat balanced on that small an area? There's no hogging or flexing of the boat.... pretty well built. So is the navigation marker, come to think of it.

Undertoad · 06-22-2004, 03:40 PM

The Coast Guard main site has this photo today, and further text:

"The vessel struck the number four dayboard when it grounded on a rock in Narrow Strait north of Kodiak Island near the village of Ouzinke early this morning. A dayboard is a navigational beacon that clearly marks the channel when navigating in a restricted waterway."

The CG site also has a larger version of the image and I've replaced the one in the post with the better version. (Shift-reload or whatever it is you do to remove the old one from cache.)

xoxoxoBruce · 06-22-2004, 04:00 PM

It couldn't have been very windy or it would have toppled over.

glatt · 06-22-2004, 04:03 PM

I'm reminded of the story of the USS Philadelphia, which ran aground while winning a battle off the coast of Tripoli. Was captured, and later destroyed. It's a good yarn.

jojomonkeygirl · 06-22-2004, 04:13 PM

Ok everyone...try saying TOY BOAT three times real fast.

Guess · 06-22-2004, 09:33 PM

i wonder how the crew got off the boat
it looks kinda hard

lumberjim · 06-22-2004, 11:20 PM

i'm sure they were out of the boat in dingies long before it got completely exposed.

tw · 06-22-2004, 11:28 PM

So you think they had a bad day. Then explain the mistake made by a Northwest airliner that accidentally landed at a top secret Air Force base in SD. I believe that is a nuclear bomber base.

York · 06-25-2004, 06:08 AM

Damn monkeygirl, is it because im european or is it really that hard?

Undertoad · 06-25-2004, 06:16 AM

rubber baby buggy bumper

06-22-2004, 12:03 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	6/22/2004: Grounded It must take some hard work to get something this large so perfectly balanced. This shot doesn't show the size here - this little Alaskan boat is actually a 70 footer, ironically named "Waters". That thing it's sitting so perfectly on top of is a navigational beacon. The crew abandoned ship and waited for high tide to float it again.

06-22-2004, 01:16 PM	#4
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Boy are they going to get shit back at the pub. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

06-22-2004, 01:43 PM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I don't see the problem. I mean, hey, they FOUND the navigation beacon they were looking for, right? And with the global warming they keep warning us about, shouldn't be more than a couple days before the sea level rises high enough to float that bad boy right off of there. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-22-2004, 03:15 PM	#6
GuyNamedGuy Fellow-Commoner Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: NC Posts: 10	Absolutely hilarious. How many tons of boat balanced on that small an area? There's no hogging or flexing of the boat.... pretty well built. So is the navigation marker, come to think of it. __________________ "Stupidity got us in this mess - why can't it get us out?" -- Will Rogers

06-22-2004, 04:00 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It couldn't have been very windy or it would have toppled over. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-22-2004, 12:21 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	cool picture

06-22-2004, 01:02 PM	#3
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Wow, I thought they may have actually found Noah's Ark on Mt. Ararat!

06-22-2004, 03:40 PM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	The Coast Guard main site has this photo today, and further text: "The vessel struck the number four dayboard when it grounded on a rock in Narrow Strait north of Kodiak Island near the village of Ouzinke early this morning. A dayboard is a navigational beacon that clearly marks the channel when navigating in a restricted waterway." The CG site also has a larger version of the image and I've replaced the one in the post with the better version. (Shift-reload or whatever it is you do to remove the old one from cache.)

06-22-2004, 04:03 PM	#9
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I'm reminded of the story of the USS Philadelphia, which ran aground while winning a battle off the coast of Tripoli. Was captured, and later destroyed. It's a good yarn.

06-22-2004, 04:13 PM	#10
jojomonkeygirl Vivacious Vivisectionist Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: NC Posts: 36	Ok everyone...try saying TOY BOAT three times real fast.

06-22-2004, 09:33 PM	#11
Guess What's my name? Guess Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 69	i wonder how the crew got off the boat it looks kinda hard __________________ "Earth laughs in flowers" ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

06-22-2004, 11:20 PM	#12
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i'm sure they were out of the boat in dingies long before it got completely exposed. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-22-2004, 11:28 PM	#13
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	So you think they had a bad day. Then explain the mistake made by a Northwest airliner that accidentally landed at a top secret Air Force base in SD. I believe that is a nuclear bomber base.

06-25-2004, 06:08 AM	#14
York Operations Operative Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tienen , Belgium Posts: 537	Damn monkeygirl, is it because im european or is it really that hard?

06-25-2004, 06:16 AM	#15
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	rubber baby buggy bumper

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