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Motor Yacht Aground? #50985 04/19/2015 03:25 PM Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 184 British Virgin Islands Yachtmaster OP Traveler OP Yachtmaster Traveler Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 184 British Virgin Islands Anyone have information or photos of a reported motor yacht washed ashore in Josiah,s Bay on the North side of Tortola? Safe and enjoyable boating.

Re: Motor Yacht Aground? Yachtmaster #50986 04/19/2015 03:57 PM Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,350 USVI LocalSailor Traveler LocalSailor Traveler Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,350 USVI http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/show_plot.php?s...;time_label=GMT Maybe affected by the N.swell today.

Re: Motor Yacht Aground? LocalSailor #50987 04/19/2015 04:55 PM Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 7 Gulf Coast, Texas ByTheSea10 Traveler ByTheSea10 Traveler Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 7 Gulf Coast, Texas Someone posted a picture of it on the BVI Community Facebook pg.

Re: Motor Yacht Aground? ByTheSea10 #50988 04/19/2015 05:37 PM Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 184 British Virgin Islands Yachtmaster OP Traveler OP Yachtmaster Traveler Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 184 British Virgin Islands Do you have a link to that post.....? Safe and enjoyable boating.

Re: Motor Yacht Aground? Yachtmaster #50989 04/19/2015 05:37 PM Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 5,688 Likes: 1 An island state of mind tradewinds Traveler tradewinds Traveler Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 5,688 Likes: 1 An island state of mind It's a Virgin Traders boat. Same one that was run up on Pelican Island a few years ago.

Re: Motor Yacht Aground? tradewinds #50990 04/19/2015 07:18 PM Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 7 Gulf Coast, Texas ByTheSea10 Traveler ByTheSea10 Traveler Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 7 Gulf Coast, Texas I hope this works... https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10...9&source=48

Re: Motor Yacht Aground? tradewinds #50991 04/20/2015 06:07 AM Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 184 British Virgin Islands Yachtmaster OP Traveler OP Yachtmaster Traveler Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 184 British Virgin Islands Quote tradewinds said: It's a Virgin Traders boat. Same one that was run up on Pelican Island a few years ago. Yep, it's the same boat...... Safe and enjoyable boating.

Re: Motor Yacht Aground? Yachtmaster #50992 04/20/2015 07:57 AM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 7,372 Likes: 11 GA/NC GeorgeC1 Traveler GeorgeC1 Traveler Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 7,372 Likes: 11 GA/NC That's got to be one sad owner! G

Re: Motor Yacht Aground? GeorgeC1 #50993 04/20/2015 09:52 AM Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 8,534 Likes: 1 Ya never know... HillsideView Traveler HillsideView Traveler Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 8,534 Likes: 1 Ya never know... FB video here https://www.facebook.com/icah.wilmot/videos/10155434503240582/ My foot fits right into my shoe and my shoe will fit right into your...

Re: Motor Yacht Aground? HillsideView #50994 04/20/2015 10:08 AM Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 632 Likes: 4 Jacksonville, FL, USA onlymedication Traveler onlymedication Traveler Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 632 Likes: 4 Jacksonville, FL, USA Mechanical troubles? Couldn't tell if there was anyone on board as it washed up onto the beach. I trust everyone was all right, but any idea what happened?

Re: Motor Yacht Aground? onlymedication #50995 04/20/2015 08:39 PM Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 5,688 Likes: 1 An island state of mind tradewinds Traveler tradewinds Traveler Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 5,688 Likes: 1 An island state of mind Here's the Beacon story: http://www.bvibeacon.com/1/index.php/new...-in-josiahs-bay

Re: Motor Yacht Aground? tradewinds #50996 04/20/2015 10:45 PM Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 10,999 Macon, Georgia GlennA Traveler GlennA Traveler Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 10,999 Macon, Georgia So they anchored off the best swell amplifying bay in all of the BVI and then went ashore for the night leaving the boat unmanned??? Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. - Mark Twain

Re: Motor Yacht Aground? GlennA #50997 04/20/2015 11:03 PM Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 8,534 Likes: 1 Ya never know... HillsideView Traveler HillsideView Traveler Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 8,534 Likes: 1 Ya never know... Visa. It's everywhere you want to be. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" /> My foot fits right into my shoe and my shoe will fit right into your...

Re: Motor Yacht Aground? HillsideView #50998 04/21/2015 06:46 AM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 7,372 Likes: 11 GA/NC GeorgeC1 Traveler GeorgeC1 Traveler Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 7,372 Likes: 11 GA/NC It's late in the season for that kind of swell. Lots of happy surfers! G