Sailboat that turned in front of MV NANTUCKET_1984

1984, Hyannis, MA The story you seek was rather strange! I've seen the video many times, and still can not figure out what the skipper of that schooner was thinking? The ferry was the 230' MV NANTUCKET, twin-screw end-loading vessel on the Hyannis-Nantucket run. The schooner was approx. 50' LOA and was under power at the time, the Nantucket was coming into Hyannis on her afternoon run and the REVELER (50' schooner) was outbound. For some reason, and I can only assume a steering failure, the Reveler simply turned right across the bow of the Nantucket. The engines can be heard screaming in reverse on the Nantucket, but stopping a 230' ship in a narrow channel is not going to happen within that short distance! All persons from the schooner were rescued, I don't recall any serious injuries, but to say the least it clogged up Hyannis for a day or so. Believe it or not, the schooner was actually salvaged and is sailing again! I'm sure that there isn't much of her original structure still there.....but she was actually rebuilt! I think one thing that may have "reduced" the damage to the schooner was that the bow on the Nantucket is raked enough that the schooner was pushed down as she hit, instead of the Nantucket driving through and cutting the hull in 2. I still have a couple of newspaper clippings from the Cape Cod Times with pictures of the aftermath. Rod Johnson (former co-owner of "NODROG", 1970 CAL 21) Click here for free information on nursing degrees, up to $150/hour http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3nEnlgeDnF03yR6sQAL4wFSzrvOudr5kc9S1RnEZ5Sh7o0U2/

Thanks for the responses and the completion of the story. I imagined the person on the bow not making it. Nice to know there was a happy ending. From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Rodney G Johnson Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 12:48 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: [Cal_Boats] Sailboat that turned in front of MV NANTUCKET_1984 1984, Hyannis, MA The story you seek was rather strange! I've seen the video many times, and still can not figure out what the skipper of that schooner was thinking? The ferry was the 230' MV NANTUCKET, twin-screw end-loading vessel on the Hyannis-Nantucket run. The schooner was approx. 50' LOA and was under power at the time, the Nantucket was coming into Hyannis on her afternoon run and the REVELER (50' schooner) was outbound. For some reason, and I can only assume a steering failure, the Reveler simply turned right across the bow of the Nantucket. The engines can be heard screaming in reverse on the Nantucket, but stopping a 230' ship in a narrow channel is not going to happen within that short distance! All persons from the schooner were rescued, I don't recall any serious injuries, but to say the least it clogged up Hyannis for a day or so. Believe it or not, the schooner was actually salvaged and is sailing again! I'm sure that there isn't much of her original structure still there.....but she was actually rebuilt! I think one thing that may have "reduced" the damage to the schooner was that the bow on the Nantucket is raked enough that the schooner was pushed down as she hit, instead of the Nantucket driving through and cutting the hull in 2. I still have a couple of newspaper clippings from the Cape Cod Times with pictures of the aftermath. Rod Johnson (former co-owner of "NODROG", 1970 CAL 21) Click here for free information on nursing degrees, up to $150/hour