THE SINKING OF THE NORWESTER/ at Prevost Harbor/Stuart Island April 17, 2021
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We were anchored in Prevost Harbor when a distress call came in. The NorWester had run aground and was taking on water. We immediately pulled our anchor and let the USCG and NorWester know we were on our way and would be there in about 5 minutes... Thankfully, nobody was hurt. This is the story of the rescue. Thanks for watching.
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As a boater, this is one of the things you wish would not happen.
Glad to see boaters like yourself, Lifeproof boat and Safe boats assisting with rescue.
Yep, and now she's drifted over to Henry and lodged just off our beach.
Very sad to lose this piece of history. Thanks for the great log videos!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the report, and for being so willing to assist!
Boat survived 91 years without GPS, digital engine monitors and go fund my colossal mistake pages. Pitiful example of irresponsibility and virtual lack and disregard for basic seamanship and total disregard for the preservation and care of historically significant vessel, regardless of its past famous owner. Disgusting.
I guess it was an insurance fraud set up
You nailed it. I grew up on that island and the main navigation aid required is common sense.
Thanks for the video. So sad. We were just arriving to Sucia in our new-to-us R-29 when we heard the mayday call and then you respond that you were close by. If you learn of how it happened, would love to hear the story. So glad everyone was OK (at least physically).
Very interesting that the Sheriff or Coast Guard or Tow Boat or the owners didn't try to get some pumps on board and some divers out ASAP to assess the damage and a temp fix like canvas. Roche is a short run for anyone one of those boats and the water was flat. Or they could have towed it to a sandy beach in Prevost or hooked to a buoy or dropped its anchor. Very bizarre that they all just watched it sink for a day then drift all over leaking fuel, gear and engine oil. What is the deal? I thought the Coast Guard stepped up for stuff like this, or the owner/captain would if his ship was going down. Instead they wanted to get their cameras off? Why not save the ship? It sounds like the Keel may be broken which would be the end of her so maybe they knew that?
I just found a link to a video from a diver on Channel Surfings FB page and the keel is separated from the bow and stern. Unfortunately she looks like her back is broken and she is done. I still find it odd they didn't try to pull it to shore or secure it so it wouldn't be bobbing around navigable waters...maybe it was stuck and didn't start floating until the tide was much higher...who knows...there is always more to the story.
The boat was anchored with a bow and stern anchor shortly after it was on the reef. You can see the anchor chain clearly in the underwater video taken by the divers. The insurance co. refused to pull it from the water, and are in dispute with the owners who wanted it pulled from the water. Then scavengers and pirates on Sat May 1, either took/stole, or otherwise removed the anchors and chain. Then high tide came in late Saturday night and she drifted away.
@@Letsgochannelsurfing
Interesting that they stole the anchors and chain! Sounds like the insurance company is trying to get them to front the salvage then make a claim. We all know what can happen then! What a sad mess.
That hurts....
Just found this video. Haven't watched it yet and not sure I want to. I was her steward for almost 12 years, caring for her as best I could and had a magnificent time doing it. Two owners after me, this happened. So very sad!!
It was definitely a sad day. At the time we responded to the distress call we did not know anything about the boat. Afterwards back at anchor in preview I did some digging to find out more about the boat. It was very sad to see how this boats life ended.
Great report and history on the boat! We were in Prevost just days before that.
Very sad! We had just left that same anchorage a couple hours earlier and came across that beautiful boat on the way to Friday Harbor
Gross negligence.
There are two kinds of captains...those who run aground and those that are going to run aground. Didn't know you were an expert at not having accidents...
Saw the report. Ran aground on uncharted rock. That reef at Charles point has been charted for over 150 years! Don't have to be an "expert" at not having accidents.
Glad you could document this and raise awareness about it - both to try and get that yacht salvaged, and perhaps even more importantly to highlight the very common unseen rocky reefs throughout the san juan island chain. As an aside, we are dock neighbors! Im just a few slips down from your boat. Hope to see you down at the dock or out on the water sometime soon. Cheers, M/V Makeleah (chb trawler in slip 30)
Thanks for watching. I am sure we will see you around we are actually at the boat now so I am sure we will run into you
Ouch. Thanks for the vid
So sad to see a beautiful boat go down
Fortunately, no injuries!
This is a tough one. Sad to see
That is my great uncle Rick’s boat
Really well done vid...
Thank you!
Wow
Here's the underwater video from the divers, on April 17, the day she sank. This illustrates the damage done below the waterline. The entire keel was ripped off.
www.dropbox.com/s/43mb20cxs3kve8i/norwester%20insp.%204-17-2021.mp4?dl=0&fbclid=IwAR2X5EhYg8nUxF1Bi7OGXlsgvEPOZe923KrP_GHJtIdNwmjjQU-ucccJkhs
How does insurance not cover this, one type or another? There is no way the foundation that owns the boat only had one insurance policy or that the policy they had only covered one thing. How on earth could they not be covered for unintentional grounding?
Carriers will not cover wooden hulls that old except for lots of cash....You have to have a liability policy for moorage and a "hazardous Materials" policy for removal of fuel oil, antifreeze etc.
We are planning on doing a complete video of the end including her drifting in and out of Canada and her final resting place on Henry Island...then the salvage Co's extraction of the vessel. May we use some of your footage?
You have our permission to use our footage of the rescue and sinking.
That's terrible to see all that beauty laying on the bottom when charts are so cheap these days 😔🇺🇸
We kayaked there Wednesday. In a supreme irony, the plastic lid to a newer model Garmin chart plotter is floating around inside of the containment boom, and they have a newer Garmin radar. I think they have the same model as I do and the reef is clearly marked. Oh well, there but for the grace of God go I, the sea has a way of humbling all of us eventually.
@@gerankin aaahhh , now that just makes no sense . Hope a terrible storm blows in and puts that poor vessel out of it's misery 😢🇺🇸
The keel was ripped completely off the boat. She hit ground really hard, knocking down the passengers.
Can the ship still be salvaged?
@@quackula9190 it can be. They have a go fund me set up to raise money.
gofund.me/7e91b2c2
gofundme.comJohn Wayne Norwester Foundation Rescue, organized by Rick RutherfordAfter years of major restoration on the 1932 Norwester, which served in the 40s… Rick Rutherford needs your support for John Wayne Norwester Foundation Rescue
What a shame.
Boat US showed up and they didn't save her? WTH??
TowboatUS is who put the diver(s) in the water to evaluate the damage. The keel was ripped off.
Boat US francise owners don't do charity work. There has to be a promise to pay for services rendered or insurance coverage.
did some one do what John Wayne did to "The Southern Cross"
This was a case of negligence total negligence they were more focused on the drone showing in Nora Wester speeding past The island
I had words with the co-owner and all I could get out of her was denial we didn't do anything wrong haven't you ever run a ground? And if you haven't give it a few more years I'm sure you well because everybody does eventually
These are true exact words written to me in a text exchange I had with them this took place on their go fund me page where everybody was saying how sorry they were for them well I am sorry for all of us that lost some part of our history that vessel is important
The insurance company wouldn't cover them because of determining mean it was sheer negligence that sunk that vessel
I carry a lot of empathy in my heart and soul and I can forgive mishaps but I cannot find any forgiveness for these two or however many were involved in the distraction of this most important vessel that we've had in the northwest
My family and I should've bought it when we had the chance when it first came up for sale
I certainly would hate to be the people responsible living my life knowing that I was part of sinking John Wayne's boat in the history that preceded John Wayne
It definitely was operator error. The owners paid dearly for this as they lost their boat.