Coast Guard: North Carolina dinner boat ran aground as result of enqine failure

摘要

A dinner cruise ship carrying 46 passengers and four crew lost power and partially ran aground in the Intracoastal Waterway near Surf City, N.C. The 55-foot Belle of Topsail then drifted toward shore and dropped anchor with at least part of the vessel resting on soft sand lining the channel, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, which responded to the incident. The ship's captain disputes the official Coast Guard narrative of the June 28 incident, claiming he steered toward shore and dropped anchor near the edge of the channel to avoid blocking the waterway.