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Stranded Yacht Resists Removal Efforts in Edgartown
All kinds of things come ashore on the Vineyard's southern beaches, most recently a sailing yacht abandoned at sea a month ago off Charleston, S.C. The challenge now is to get it off the sand.
Updated: Patch's original post contained errors about the yacht's owner and earlier history. Click here for a detailed report from the Vineyard Gazette.
The Running Free was stubbornly stuck in Edgartown Sunday as a salvage crew attempted to pull the sailboat off the sands of Norton Point Beach.
Again and again, the tow boat's powerful twin 280-horsepower engines revved hard and the tow line tightened; but the Running Free never budged, its keel firmly buried in the sand even at high tide.
The ketch came ashore in Edgartown Friday night, according to a report in the Vineyard Gazette. Hard aground with scraps of jib fluttering from the masthead forestay, the yacht still appears seaworthy.
The salvage crew will have more and better opportunities to tackle the job in the days to come, as a waxing moon brings progressively higher flood tides through perigee July 21.
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