You don’t see this very often. But here’s a startling picture showing the results of a collision between a sailboat and a powerboat on the Chesapeake near Thomas Point, just south of Annapolis. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured.
About noon on a summer Friday, Hunter, a 37-foot charter fishing boat out of Kent Island, ran into Levitation, a 35-foot J/105 out of Annapolis. Levitation had its sails up, but authorities don’t know if its engine was running. Seven people were on board the fishing boat; two on the sailboat. The fishing boat ended up basically straddling the sailboat, with its bow hanging over the sailboat’s port side and its stern hanging over the starboard side.
After the Coast Guard took all seven people off the fishing boat, it slid off the sailboat. The Coast Guard called a salvage company to tow both boats back to shore; it is still investigating the cause of the accident.
Here’s an account from one of the people on the charter boat:
https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2018/08/22/chesapeake-bay-boat-accident/
