A motor boat was left high and dry alongside St. Agnes Quay on Thursday evening as its owner seemingly miscalculated his allowances for tides.
As the picture shows, this vessel was left aground as the tide receded alongside St. Agnes Quay. It was difficult to calculate what was worse for the owner, the damage sustained to his boat and engine or the embarrassment caused by several boatloads of onlookers, including two cricket teams, gloating from the nearby Turks Head.
“subinfo”A close up of the prop on the boats’ engine shows damage to the vertical fin./span
The boat dried out at about 8:00 PM which allowed an initial inspection of damages, which seemed to include damage to the skeg section of the 50hp Yamaha Autolube outboard, which had been left down. The tide is not thought to be in to a sufficient level until around 5:00 AM, if not later, well after closing time at the Turks!