77 Foot Scallop Boat Hard Aground on New Jersey Beach
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [NJ.COM] By MaryAnn Spoto - April 13, 2015 -
POINT PLEASANT BEACH, MJ, The first attempt to salvage a fishing boat that ran aground in Point Pleasant Beach earlier this week failed to get the vessel in the water.
Crews from Donjon Marine Co. Inc. were able to get the beached 77-foot Capt. Gavin turned 180 degrees to face the Atlantic Ocean but low tide left the ship in too little water to be able to float off the sandy perch it's had for the past four days.
Coast Guard officials have said they don't know why the ship, which was carrying 600 pounds of scallops ran aground around 5 a.m. Wednesday in the south end of the beach that is all residential.
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