A 30-foot sailboat washed ashore at Butterfly Beach in Montecito on July 9th, according to Heal the Ocean, a local environmental nonprofit.
The group states this is another incident resulting from the area off the coast of Montecito dubbed “Fools Anchorage,” where many inoperable or ill-maintained boats are anchored.
Heal the Ocean (HTO) Field Consultant, Harry Rabin, was on the scene to assess the situation the day it happened, remove toxic materials, and work out an extraction plan with Brian Borgatello of MarBorg Industries.
“The wreck is in a difficult spot to reach, requiring a low spring tide to access the wreck with equipment to clear it out,” Heal the Ocean stated.
On Friday, Rabin and the MarBorg team are expected to remove this wreckage with Heal the Ocean organizing the efforts and MarBorg’s donating resources.
“HTO continues to work with the City and County of Santa Barbara to work on a mutual solution for wrecks that hit county beaches – a recurring waste problem,” the group stated.
A separate boating incident took place on Tuesday evening where a vessel named the Peregrine washed ashore near the Tar Pits in Carpinteria.
Reports state the sole operators of the boat signaled a distress call prior to hitting the rocks off the coast which prompted a rescue response fro the Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District.
There were no reported injuries in either incident.
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There are some seriously derelict and non-seaworthy vessels in the so-called “fools anchorage” off East Beach. If you get close and take a look at them on the water it’s very obvious many are not being maintained or used at all. I wonder if the City should have stricter requirements as to who can use those moorings long-term. Clearly, there are multiple vessels sitting there that are never being used and are ticking time-bombs with regards to washing ashore and requiring others to pay the bill for their expensive salvage operations. It’s a bad setup for a town that regards itself as pro-ocean/pro-environment. The weather hasn’t been bad at all lately either. Typical afternoon NW wind. Minimal swell.
Heal the Ocean and its supporters ought to rally folks up to confront the City so that there can be a clean-up out there and revise how they let these moorings be used.
Fool’s Anchorage AKA Marina 5
it would seem easier to evacuate any water that might cause it to be too heavy and then wait for a high tide and low surf with a tug and a couple of side stabilizing things. Pull it back out and then get it over to the ramp.
You sound like you don’t know what you’re talking about, prelim.
BASIC – that’s hilarious coming from the most prolific liar I’ve ever seen. The rock stuck in my shoe knows more than you do about every topic ever raised.
Well, actually I don’t. I was just trying to reason the easiest way to fix the problem with a little more engineering than just blow it up and then clean up the mess.
That would almost certainly just tear it in to pieces. Gotta cut it up on the beach.
That’s what they intend to do? Wow, pretty low tech and that’s gonna put out alot of fiberglass and metal dust. I used to help build boats, not shred ’em. This is the first I’ve heard of how they handle beached craft.
Yeah, but look at the boat– a 30′ wreck, dismasted, POS. Maybe worth a thousand dollars or nothing at all, not worth trying to save and pulling something like that with the keel embedded din the sand it could easily tear apart and sink making a much worse impact–if it’s on the beach you can really clean it up.
Most hulls are pretty darn tough and resilient. I think you could use something like a fire hose to wash back the sand on the shore side as you attempt to tip it upright with some sort of crane or pneumatic devices on the side(s) to inflate and hold it. Or even roll/pull it over and hold it for a high tide and nudge it back out at an angle (laying into the water instead of shore) until deep enough to float. Idk, it’s fun thinking about it. I doubt it’s destroyed completely, but it looks like it’s gonna be.
is the vessel owner responsible for the removal costs?