SINKING

[Clammer]

you probably won,t hear about this .unless the coast guard releases a statement or the boat that saved him .says or post something .

There was a local commercial fisherman out of the water on this beautiful ….…… he,s been trying to get his strength back because both he & his wife are recovering from C-19 .

He was ogg Bonnet Point ……. he had 5 snail pots down that he was going to move to the upper bay . he had 5 in his workboat , one of the very 1st gray LiMA,s .I think they were 19' .. the fifth one was stuck & from what he says that,s normal / he does like what you do with a stuck anchor . but he chose to use his wench …………. you guess it .he rolled . like so many other bay fisherman .hes dressed to stay warm …...no life jacket …….. he went down with the boat ,but managed to see the surface . but he was already winded .

He made to to the surface & it wasn,t his time .because it was such a nice , flat ,sunny day ….. there was rec boat just going by . & the guy heard him yell . The CC sent their 75 footer & llocated the boat , upside down on the bottom … he,s hoping the wind holds off because hes going to try and salvage it ..&&&& like so many of the small boat fleet ……..nothing was insured ……….. back in the day of wooden skiffs , 50% of them at least insured the motor ><>< waiting to see if they are going to have a fundraiser ><><

[Guppy]

Phew! 2020 sucks...

Had a pot stuck yesterday, finally got it pulling up current, amazing how strong the gear is

[wdmso]

Lucky some one heard him or saw him was out yesterday as well saw 3 boats if I was in the water. With the water temp at 45 degrees even with my life jacket on time between seeing. These boats,, hypothermia would have got me 1st

[Slipknot]

Wow! I would say he is lucky he had a protecting angel. What a nightmare.
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[JohnR]

Wow. Very lucky. Can't survive long on this water temps. Local guy, Mike?

[piemma]

Hope it wasn't my friend Paul from my old marina. He's a conch fisherman on the bay.

[Clammer]

he,s a trailer guy …….. digs up here . sometimes he does both in the pond ………..does some R&R lives somewhere south county

[piemma]

Not Paul Mike. he live near you on West Shore Rd. Nice guy who is also a stone mason. he's in Wharf Marina and has a bunch of conch pots off Buttonwoods.

[hq2]

Yeah, I can relate to it. When you're in freezing cold water and you
know if you don't get out quick you're dying of hypothermia, that'll
sure change the way you think. Damn lucky my phone still worked
when I somehow hauled myself out; would've froze to death. He's
lucky he got out alive too.

https://www.boston25news.com/news/cr...ury/923116839/