An extremely sad story:
"It took Tom Dale 27 years of painstaking work to realize his dream of building an Irish work boat in his Fullerton back yard, then set sail on the majestic waters of the Pacific.
"It took a split second to realize his worst nightmare.
"On Dale's first day of sailing toward the Astray's new home in Morro Bay, the boat crashed onto a sandbar around 11:30 p.m. Aug. 21 two miles south of the Channel Islands Harbor near Ventura.
"The boat foundered in the sand and was pummeled by waves up to 8 feet high that eventually destroyed it."
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/homepage/article_1259208.php
"It took Tom Dale 27 years of painstaking work to realize his dream of building an Irish work boat in his Fullerton back yard, then set sail on the majestic waters of the Pacific.
"It took a split second to realize his worst nightmare.
"On Dale's first day of sailing toward the Astray's new home in Morro Bay, the boat crashed onto a sandbar around 11:30 p.m. Aug. 21 two miles south of the Channel Islands Harbor near Ventura.
"The boat foundered in the sand and was pummeled by waves up to 8 feet high that eventually destroyed it."
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/homepage/article_1259208.php