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The Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament continues today and tomorrow in the Morehead City/Beaufort/Atlantic Beach, NC, area. The video link below shows what happens when a 60' sportfisherman stuffs the bow returning through Beaufort Inlet during heavy seas. The 2nd boat in the video is "Floridian" and I'm told it is a 60' Sportsman.

https://www.facebook.com/bill.langston/ ... 599329429/


Notice the downward angle of the crushed bow pulpit. It appears that the bow was stuffed deep into the trough, and when the bow pitched upward the weight of the water on top of the bow flare cantilevered the pulpit downward and snapped the aft structural support. I will post a picture of the boat in the Jarrett Bay travel lift.

Ouhh, there’s almost...a third of the boat missing...probably that thin anchor chain stopped the whole bow from taking a swim...
Are our boats made the same? Not that I want to test this hypothesis personally!
Thanks Tommy.

That will ruin your day.

On one hand, I say the boat should be able to handle it. The other hand says all that mass and momentum hinged on the bow stuffed underwater...somethings gotta give.

If I had a 3rd hand...

3/4" plywood plus 1/4" fiberglass does not equal 1" of fiberglass......

It was dramatic but not that much of a bow plant. Any boat that's survived 30 years working in the charter trade was well found and tough enough. My guess is some undetected and/or unaddressed wood deterioration in the bow left it in a condition for this to happen. So I agree with both Carl and Mike--how's that for being politic?