FALMOUTH, MA- Sport fishing boat sinks in Woods Hole

WOODS HOLE A 33-foot sport fishing yacht sunk this morning and is leaking diesel fuel in Eel Pond.

The boat was found already partially submerged this morning just before 9 at Pinky's Marina, according to Falmouth emergency personnel.

The Cinfullee was still tied up to the dock, its port side underwater and resting on the bottom of Eel Pond with some of the wheelhouse and stern above the surface.

No one saw the boat sink and the cause could be anything from a broken hose to a pump malfunction, said Bob Spiro of the Falmouth Harbor Master's office.

U.S. Coast Guard officials and the state Department of Environmental Protection were on scene by late morning, trying to contain the pollution and devise a plan to move the boat and clean up an estimated 200 gallons of diesel leaking in the harbor.

The fuel created a noticeable sheen on the surface of the water and diesel fumes were pungent, helped by high winds.

Falmouth firefighters were the first to respond and immediately deployed an oil boom in the harbor to contain the pollution from heading out to sea. The extent of the spill is still under investigation.

Coast Guard officials said the owner of the boat was identified as Lee Larson. Larson was not on the scene and Coast Guard officials did not release Larson's hometown.

Larson visited the boat on Sunday, Coast Guard officials said, and said everything was in order at that time.
Local, state and federal officials will be working to contain and clean up the spill, while also removing the boat.

capecodonline.com

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[runninonempiy]

big fucking deal!!!

I wonder what happened the thousands of years before enviroMENTALists got big fucking mouths!!

[GTMonaghan]

Nice..... Not!!!!!

[Raxarax]

you could have cut the first 20 seconds of video. That shit's annoying.

[Michaelcooper4628]

Damn I wish that was my 3rd wife

[SmigFC]

that looks cool