Casino boat run aground.

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http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/casino-boat-123-people-aboard-stuck-rocks-georgia-coast-n157366
 
He should have checked active captain... There are shoal markers for that inlet :)

It was just reported that passengers were taken off at high tide around mid day because CG small boats couldn't approach before. I have to wonder why they didn't get them off this morning at low tide when it was dry. Odd.
 
Cruise to No Where Casino Operators are known for not paying anything for their boat crews, looks like they got what they paid for. I'd bet the boat operator made less than $200.00 day for sailing on a 100 ton license.

The Port State Information Exchange has a long, long list of deficiencies (from wasted bottom plate/frames to rotten PFD's and insufficient drug testing of crew) and descriptions of several Marine Casualties that this vessel has been involved in. Typical bad operator.
 
I started to think this is a case where the odds did not favor the house, but on second thought they may well have made extra money off the gamblers at it all night and the next day with little else to do. They didn't have to return any passenger fees because they didn't charge any.
At least it looks like only a soft, if complete, grounding.... and there sure wasn't any chance of it sinking.
I wonder if they let anyone off to dig clams for clams casino?
 
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Originally posted by PascalG

He should have checked active captain... There are shoal markers for that inlet :)

It was just reported that passengers were taken off at high tide around mid day because CG small boats couldn't approach before. I have to wonder why they didn't get them off this morning at low tide when it was dry. Odd.

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Not at all odd. Easier to just bow up and transfer pax one by one than to have them climbing down to the sand, trudging over to where the boat crew would essentially have to beach the boat, getting them up onto the boat, safely inside the cabin, then having to get the boat off the dirt with +8 on a boat that's cramped with just a man crew onboard.

That's if 100% of the pax being removed were perfectly physically capable of doing it, and if the stars were lined up just right that every one of them could get through all that without someone doing something dumb and getting hurt.
 
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Originally posted by L. Keith

Cruise to No Where Casino Operators are known for not paying anything for their boat crews, looks like they got what they paid for. I'd bet the boat operator made less than $200.00 day for sailing on a 100 ton license.

The Port State Information Exchange has a long, long list of deficiencies (from wasted bottom plate/frames to rotten PFD's and insufficient drug testing of crew) and descriptions of several Marine Casualties that this vessel has been involved in. Typical bad operator.

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What would be a normal wage for that kind of qualification?
 
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/07/16/georgia-casino-boat-with-123-people-aboard-stuck-on-rocks/I guess we need to stop putting trust in Captains on, ships, ferry boats, planes. This could have been alot worse.
 
The vessel operator was not even competent enough to display the proper navigation lights, knowing that the USCG would soon arrive (as shown in the news photograph of the vessel aground). Question of the morning, what navigation light(s) should have been displayed on board the M/V Escapade in her present condition?
 
Vessel aground needs to show two red lights either above or below the anchor light. The vessel probably did not have the proper lights to display I'd bet.
 
Capt. Bill wins a $1 casino chip!! The red over red in a vertical line with the normal anchor light, no side lights!

The M/V Escapade is a, US Flag, USCG inspected and certified passenger vessel, it is required to carry the proper, operating light fixtures, the operation of which should have been verified as part of the pre-departure check list. The yo-yo running the boat left the steaming lights on, knowing that a USCG Marine Inspection team would be on board very shortly.

The Port State information on the vessel has a report of casualty in the Coman?? New York area, where the vessel hit a dock causing damage. The operator at the time alleged a steering system failure caused him to hit the dock. When the USCG investigators got on board, immediately following the incident, the steering system worked perfectly and the alleged failure could not be duplicated. So I'd guess that the chart plotter when checked will be found to operate as intended.
 
Couple of slips down here, there is a 70 something horizon MY which is always showing red over red when smoking in and out at night. Just for kicks once I hailed them on 16 to verify their status ... You guess it... No reply... VHF must have been off. :)
 
In that situation showing "Red over Red" is probably the correct light scheme as it means "vessel not under command", which sounds about right for South Florida. At least he is warning you of the vessel's status.
 
This casino boat is docked just around the creek from my house/dock.

This was the virgin cruise since this boat was just moved to Savannah from FL.

Passengers did NOT have to pay and no adult drinks were served.

A number of passengers had to be lifted off the vessel by CG helicopters since they were not able to make it down the rope ladders to the CG ribs. Boat owners are claiming equipment malfunction. It is a very deceiving waterway, it appears to be much deeper since it is about a mile off the beach but the area is full of shoals and shallow spots. Local tug boat company was hired to drag it off the shoal but their tow rope broke 3 times yesterday. Finally today at about 2PM they broke the vessel free from the shoal. It was a very long night for the passengers.
 
Thanks for the update. Busted tow lines?? I guess nobody on the East Coast knows how to "wheel wash" a boat off a sand bar.
 
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Originally posted by folieadeux

This casino boat is docked just around the creek from my house/dock.

This was the virgin cruise since this boat was just moved to Savannah from FL.

Passengers did NOT have to pay and no adult drinks were served.

A number of passengers had to be lifted off the vessel by CG helicopters since they were not able to make it down the rope ladders to the CG ribs. Boat owners are claiming equipment malfunction. It is a very deceiving waterway, it appears to be much deeper since it is about a mile off the beach but the area is full of shoals and shallow spots. Local tug boat company was hired to drag it off the shoal but their tow rope broke 3 times yesterday. Finally today at about 2PM they broke the vessel free from the shoal. It was a very long night for the passengers.

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OK, I am a little confused now, (so what else is new?) Based on reports of it being in Calibogue sound, and a pic I saw of a guy pointing on his Garmin to the shoals to your starboard as you come in there off the ocean (with two buoys showing you the channel, no need for Active Captain, been by there), I figured the boat was based out of Hilton Head. If it is based out of Savannah, it makes no sense it would be up near Calibogue, way inside the 3 mile line. Huh?
 
Cal- I agree, not sure why it was in Calibogue unless they were trying to kill some time to milk more $$$$ from the gambling suckers. One of the reported "issues" is that the gambling tables were in full operation when the grounding occurred at around 9:30PM. the CG were not informed until around 12:30AM. Seems the Captain was attempting to rock the vessel off under power for several hours.

Captain may have been trying to follow the nav channel from the Harbor Town area to Tybee Roads and just misjudged the channel.

We call that shoal the "Bloody Point Breaker" since it sits just in front of Bloody Point. That shoal grows every year and projections are that it may be an island in a decade.
 
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