August 10th Update –
With Nantucket’s Boat Basin, and mooring field at near capacity, and ferry traffic at its peak. The 40′ Concordia Yawl, “Winnie of Bourne”, after sinking in the channel Friday morning, was raised today by a crane onto a barge.
During the New York Yacht Club Cruise Regatta in Nantucket, “Winnie of Bourne,” who had been at the top of the fleet during the regatta, was on starboard, during pre-race sailing, and was hit by a Swan 48. The crew was able to sail into shallow water and beyond the channel before sinking outside of Nantucket Harbor. Fortunately nobody was injured.
Senior chief Matt Welsh of U.S. Coast Guard Station Brant Point said on Friday that the collision remains under investigation, and that he wouldn’t speculate about which boat might have been at fault.
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