Kodiak Fishing Vessel Capsizes after Accidental “Rear-Ending” by Tender Vessel
Last Saturday, after “just wrapping up a pink salmon opener,” seine skipper Michael Patitucci told KMXT of Kodiak that he “felt a satisfaction he had never experienced before — as if he had finally perfected the art of seining — that the crew, the boat and the fish had all been in sync.”
And then suddenly Patitucci and his crew of three were in the water.
Patitucci's 42-foot Denise Marie was hit on the stern by the Alaska Eagle, a fish tender cruising through Whale Pass at about 8 knots...
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