I was out with my brother and a few friends las Auguts in Boston Harbor and as we were returning from a nice day on the water, we noticed a rather large (40'+) sailboat grounded on one of the few rock piles (that are clearly marked). What amazed me was that they had run aground around HIGH tide and the Coast Guard was unable to get them off until the next high tide IN ABOUT 4-5 HOURS.
I was fishing from the Powder Point bridge in Duxbury last year an noticed a guy fishing next to me that was getting strike after strike on macj chunks, but kept losing the fish under the bridge.
I approached him after the third loss and asked what kind of line he was using. He said 8 lb test (on a freshwater reel). He couldn't understand why he kept losing all the fish. I graciously explained that he would need stronger line.
My own story involved that same bridge. I was fishing with mack and clams on a couple of rods. I also had a small jigging rod set up to catch ANYTHING down below (flounder hook).
I had tied the other rods off but forgot the jigging rod. Wouldn't you know that was the one that got the bite, and was pulled over the railing in a heartbeat. I wasn't too upset because it was my fault, and the rod and reel were in really rough condition. As fate would have it, while retreiving one of the other rods, I hooked the line from the jigging rod, and managed to get it back. The fish had run around the bridge pylons and broke off.