[UPDATE 8:07 p.m.] Attempts Are Being Made This Morning to Recover Boats on the Rocks at Shelter Cove
Two boats are on the rocks at Shelter Cove after the first lost power and the owner of the second attempted to assist. [Screenshot of a video by Summer Bashore]
Sending heartfelt hopes they both are recovered quickly with as little damage as possible.
Please note: we’ve updated this post with more information about the situation.
UPDATE 8:07 p.m.: The boats were rescued though somewhat battered. All humans are okay though.
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“That’ll buff right out…”
Kudos to SCFD, emergency responders, and all the fishing folk out there helping out! The boat was being launched but the motor wouldn’t start after it was released by the tractor. So it couldn’t turn to bow into the waves. Another boat came in from offshore to help and got into difficulties. Hopefully, no injuries involved except maybe one’s pride.
Thank you for the additional info.
Hey Luke here..I was being launched after the “fowl play” (other boat) and seen it was in distress…I had 10 commercial crab pots onboard and was hard to maneuver with waves coming in! I got the rope they threw and tried turning out ..by that time a steep wave was curling my way and it swamped us on the rocks! Trying to offload pots at the same time …glad nobody got hurt in this ordeal
Glad you weren’t hurt either and we sure hope the damage to your boat wasn’t too bad. Thank you for coming to the aid of the other folks.
Sounds like you took heroic action to help another. Happy to hear there were no injuries. Hope both boats can be repaired without too much lost time and without crippling cost.
Could you send a link to your GoFundMe please
Here’s our follow-up article that has a link to the GoFundMe set up for Luke. https://kymkemp.com/2023/01/22/fundraiser-for-owner-of-boat-damaged-when-trying-to-help-another/
Most sport fishing is closed now and those don’t look like commercial boats. Anyone know why they were launching ? I’m not victim blaming, just wondering if there’s a hot bite I’m missing out on.
Lots of fish are currently in season for recreational fishing. https://wildlife.ca.gov/Fishing/Ocean/Regulations/Fishing-Map/Northern
Live around here?
Oh gosh…we wouldn’t dare want one of our tourons to miss out!
But surely you’d pitch in if you were here.
Godspeed you boys getting back to the concrete!
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So sorry you
The smaller boat for crab. Flatfish open.
That’s the mosquito fleet, derp!
Those are commercial boats. Shelter Cove is famous for its mosquito fleet…small single operator daily launched vessels.
Crab 🦀
Most commercial boats at the Cove are under 30’ boats so they can be pulled out of water in bad weather. Don’t have to have a 50-60 foot boat to commercial fish. Besides that it’s crab season for everyone.
Does the rock jetty need to be raised? With ocean level rising and all…
Best of luck to the boats and folks involved… been there, done that meself☠ during a Kona storm the concrete block mooring outside Lahina Harbor Maui was dragged by the connected sail boat I was on …very strong currents, the boat operators called the Molokai Express…. happy ending after a full day of terror… good folks with big diesel engines came to the rescue.. you folks have me sympathy and cheers!
King Tide this morning.
Hey! You can’t park there!
No anchor…???
Fingers and toes crossed for them.
Low Tide3:39 AM
(Sat 21 January)
3.28 ft
(1.0 m)
High Tide9:45 AM
(Sat 21 January)
7.96 ft
(2.43 m)
Low Tide5:08 PM
(Sat 21 January)
-1.6 ft
(-0.49 m)
High Tide11:56 PM
(Sat 21 January)
5.42 ft
(1.65 m)
Just need crane @ 5pm
I had the same thing happened to me when my motor failed, and I was pushed into the beach. Luckily, I had a smaller boat and waders and was able to push my boat back into safe waters. Shit gets real at shelter Cove. This is not your average fishery!
Mean ocean today
Mother Nature can be relentless.
I am glad one boat owner tried to help the other. Just too bad they both ended up on the rocks. They could have been seriously hurt or killed if a boat pinned them between the hull and rocks. Thank God that did not happen.