Approximate location of grounding according to reports
On Saturday morning, the passenger ferry, Provincetown III, was delivering 149 passengers from Boston to the north-eastern tip of Cape Cod when it slowed to an abrupt halt near Boston Harbor’s President’s Roads channel.
According to the ferry operator, Bay State Cruise Co., the grounding was due to operational error on the part of the captain. Michael Glasfeld, spokesman for Bay State Cruise Co., wrote in the statement,
“At this time, it appears to us that it was a matter of operator error, clear and simple. Our electronic equipment is top notch, and there is no excuse for having missed the navigational marks and being as far out of position as they were.”
As is typical in such a case, the captain has since been fired by the ferry operator.
By 5PM that day however, the rising tide freed the ferry which sustained little to no damage and is now back in service.
Thankfully, the passengers weren’t in too much of a hurry and they had a sense of humor and/or were drinking beer…
Nixies Mate is a well-known hazard for vessels trying to run over it during anything but absolute high tide. I’ve pulled a number of sailboats off that spit of land after they tried to cut across the bar and save 15 mins but would up high and dry for 12 hours. The Captain of the P-Town 3 should have known better.
this is actually funny shit…anyone looking for a job out of boston harbor? I mean shit happens to us all but one of the most well known, charted areas in the US? come on sir.
Remember that no body perfect but some is careless or luck of attention.
always secured your rope at jetty
always secured your rope at jetty
do not forget your belt and pocket keep secured at all time also yaaa he he