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It's safest to by-pass the whole area, but those islands are routinely sailed by many boats. 
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() There's such a good flow of pleasure boats between Camden and Pulpit that passages are high and I think that's the boring crux of what happened.
A professional captain hit Curtis Island a few years ago, and he was local. Another delivery skip hit the Graves, and he lived in town. If you did the numbers of boats that cross that water, it's very high so accidents routinely happen. The big difference today is, you're instant news.
13 years ago when I hit that rock, only the locals on VHF knew it. 2 local papers ran an inch of type the next week in some obscure section of the paper. Both those papers are gone now.
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- This rock has sunk some boats, including mine.
- Ouch... I'm guessing there will be a serious reduction in her $2.4 million asking price....
- It's marked and the crowd sourced data accurate
- Here is a picture of the latest....
- I don't think the rock has moved, digitally or otherwise, Jon.
- Here's the spot. It's a wide open heavily traveled path.
- While the boat appears to be built like a tank, the spar is questionable.
- Good info
- Why no day danger mark?
- There's a slightly wider route just to the south of there
- Exactly - A much safer route through to the South, but...
- It's safest to by-pass the whole area, but those islands are routinely sailed by many boats.
- Exactly - A much safer route through to the South, but...
- While the boat appears to be built like a tank, the spar is questionable.
- Here's the spot. It's a wide open heavily traveled path.
- It's marked and the crowd sourced data accurate
- Scuttlebutt is over, lips are sealed,... CG has started an investigation.
- Coming into our marina this evening..
- This thread reminds me of one of Don Street's yarns . . .
- Ouch... I'm guessing there will be a serious reduction in her $2.4 million asking price....