On Saturday August the 29 we had a fairly bad storm blow in from the east late in the afternoon. This was the first time we had brought our supply & fuel barge to the island and had not tested the mooring. We spent two hours on the beach making sure it was riding well and would not pull the mooring. Everything fine, storm passed, and we left at dusk for the house.
Sunday morning, walked to the beach, looked out and no barge. Not a great way to start the day! Looked down from the overlook to find the Burro del Mar washed up on the rocky part of our beach. A closer inspection reveled a lot of scraped off bottom paint, a few dents in the bottom and side, but no impact on the engines or props.
We waited till the tide began to rise (we have about a 16 foot normal tide), levered it around & off the rocks, and floated it to open water. No leaks, no major damage, and this day was looking much better. We think that one of the underwater lines just came untied.
Sometimes you just get lucky!
