Friday, March 29

Famed Rybo Miss Budweiser Burns and Sinks Off Florida Keys. See Video

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This is just disheartening. Miss Budweiser, a classic 49-foot, 1961 Rybovich, burned and sank after an apparent engine room fire near Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys. The captain and two others on board jumped overboard and were picked up, unhurt, by a passing boat. Miss Budweiser was returning from the Ernest Hemingway International Billfish Tournament in Cuba to its home port in Palm Beach at the time.

The famed boat was bought by the Busch family of Budweiser (and other beer) fame a year after it was built. Over the years, the boat won many fishing tournaments, and also was used for entertaining celebrities (Frank Sinatra, among others). The Busches sold it in 2010 to the Twin Eagles Group LLC of Delaware, who put in new engines and electronics and refurbished the salon, relaunching it in November, 2012. It has been used as a charter fishing boat since then.

After the fire, the boat sank in 11 feet of water more than a mile offshore. Take a look at the video here:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5pelix

 

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