It’s looking as though the winter of 2021-2022 will be the season of the grounded sea vessels on the Outer Banks.
Over the past two weeks, three more vessels have run aground on the Outer Banks.
On the southern tip of Ocracoke the 55’ yacht Vivens Aqua has been hard aground since January 25. Attempts to refloat the ship were not successfu and it took a while for a plan of action to salvage the ship could be developed. It’s location was difficult to get to with no road leading directly to the site.
However, salvage crews have been able to move the yacht and according to the National Park Service, they should be able to get it to Pamlico Sound where it will be refloated.
On Wednesday of this week, two fishing boats, Bite Me and, Reel Lucky grounded within yards of each other on the north side of Oregon Inlet.
There are some questions about the grounding of those two vessels that will probably come out over the next few days. According to the NPS, “The vessels reportedly bumped into each other a few times during the grounding incident.”
It’s unclear if the vessels bumped into each other because of a loss of control in the nearshore currents or if the bumps contributed to the grounding.
The latest report has Reel Lucky off the beach and being towed home.
The three boats that just grounded tough are just the latest in a remarkable spate of groundings.
Earlier this season three commercial fishing boats ran aground. Two of them because their nets fouled the propellers and wind and pushed the ships ashore.
We’ll see if we can check some records, but this truly seems like a remarkable year for groundings.
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