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Fishing vessel refloated
The "Capt. Gavin" was finally refloated on Pleasant Beach. The ship had about 600 pounds of scallops onboard when it ran aground. Several attempts were made to get the 77-foot boat off the water on Apr 11, but this failed when low tide did not provide a sufficient amount of water to float the vessel off the beach. By 11:30 p.m, however, the boat was successfully pulled into the ocean with the aid of a Donjon Marine Co. Inc. tug as the tide came in. High winds and bad weather were attributed for the failure of previous efforts. The "Capt. Gavin" was towed to Tottenville Marina in Staten Island carrying six people, including the captain of the boat, four people from the salvage company and one crew member.
First attempt to salvage beached fishing boat unsuccessful
The first attempt to salvage a fishing boat that ran aground in Point Pleasant Beach earlier this week failed to get the vessel in the water. Crews from Donjon Marine Co. Inc. were able to get the beached 77-foot Capt. Gavin turned 180 degrees to face the Atlantic Ocean but low tide left the ship in too little water to be able to float off the sandy perch it's had for the past four days. They said they would make another attempt at the next high tide early Sunday morning. The salvage effort and warmer temperatures drew hundreds of spectators who lined the north and west ends of the beach to witness what they had hoped to be a successful salvage effort. After standing on the beach for three hours and seeing only minimal progress, Mike and Mary Motsay of Lavallatte decided it was time to go. Mary Motsay, though, was disappointed. "I wanted to cheer," she said. With the scallop boat hard aground and its bow facing west since early Wednesday morning, crews decided the best way to pull the Capt. Gavin off was to spin the vessel clockwise during high tide to get its bow facing the ocean. http://www.nj.com/ocean/index.ssf/2015/04/first_attempt_to_salvage_beached_fishing_boat_unsu.html
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