Vessel drifting after anchor failure near Sagamore Bridge


Audio|Source: Buzzard’s Bay Working Waterfront
04:13
Transcript:
That vessel had dropped its anchor. Why don't you lower your sails, Cap? Lower your sails. Rogering, Captain, thank you. And you'll be seeing the Seahawk between the Sagamore Bridge and the power plant on the straightaway. Have a good trip through. We'll talk to you at 1 and 2. We have a boat heading your way if you'd like us to assist. This is a crash boat, over? How far are you? Probably 10 minutes, 10 minutes. How on that? This is a crash boat. We were thinking of hangar here during the start. Is that okay, over? Roger, if you'd like their assistance, we'll head that way. We'd like your assistance. Matterplace and launch. Mataple's a launch. Jeannie-Beth, over. From receipt of the last transmission, please. We've got a pickup. We have some things to bring in. Thank you. out there now. Make sure everybody has glyce jackets on and try to assess if you're taking on any water. it was a lot, was a line securing it, you know, to a cleat, because I was beating the crap out of the side of the boat. I cut that loose and found that the windlass wasn't holding the chain. It deployed 125 feet of chain, and it's over the side of the boat, so it's not banging the boat right now, but that's where it is, and we're drifting, and I don't think it's on, yeah, it's got to be on bottom, actually, but we're still moving. We try and position ourselves to help you identify votes, over? No, it can't get it back in the cradle and the windlass isn't working apparently. Not strong enough to hand overhand that anchor with all that change. Not necessarily on the finish, but if you'd like to hang on the far side of the starting pin for the start of the race to help us look for a way. would be helpful. How on that? Go ahead, deja vu. What has the anchor fetched up at this time? It's fetched up and you're holding? Holding, traveling at least it appears to be four-tenths or not. Roger. You need...
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Location mentioned:
Sagamore Bridge, Bourne, MA
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