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re: One dead and 3 hurt as boat sinks by Alcatraz

Posted on 7/15/26 at 10:34 am to
Posted by guzziguy
Lake Forest
Member since Jun 2022
1073 posts
Posted on 7/15/26 at 10:34 am to
Saw the video this morning on the local news.
Extremely choppy water.
Supposedly a two-story pontoon boat.
One adult male and a dog are dead.
Posted by TheFlyingTiger
Member since Oct 2009
4166 posts
Posted on 7/15/26 at 10:47 am to
Carla WAS the prom queen
Posted by Funky Tide 8
Bayou Chico
Member since Feb 2009
57161 posts
Posted on 7/15/26 at 10:51 am to
quote:


The person who died was taken to the shore severely injured


He get caught up in the prop? Because that seems like a strange way to describe someone who drowned, right?
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
139139 posts
Posted on 7/15/26 at 10:54 am to
quote:

a 50-foot cabin cruiser based out of Stockton, California

That’s a long haul
Posted by KingOfTheWorld
South of heaven, west of hell
Member since Oct 2018
7879 posts
Posted on 7/15/26 at 12:23 pm to
Clearly Trump and/or climate change are to blame.
Posted by canyon
MM23
Member since Dec 2003
22338 posts
Posted on 7/15/26 at 12:29 pm to
Tours over, Bob.
Posted by Ron Popeil
Mississippi coast or Fairgrounds
Member since Nov 2018
899 posts
Posted on 7/15/26 at 2:06 pm to

The boat in question is a Marine Trader 50
Posted by Ron Popeil
Mississippi coast or Fairgrounds
Member since Nov 2018
899 posts
Posted on 7/15/26 at 2:07 pm to
quote:

Supposedly a two-story pontoon boat.

The boat is a Marine trader 50 trawler.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
94233 posts
Posted on 7/15/26 at 2:11 pm to
quote:

Supposedly a two-story pontoon boat.

The boat is a Marine trader 50 trawler.
reporters making WILD assumptions based on the fact all they can see in the video is the canvas top and had no idea the rest of the boat was already underwater and thus deemed it a '2 story pontoon boat'
Posted by CootDisCootDat
St. Charles, The Community
Member since May 2014
1755 posts
Posted on 7/15/26 at 2:21 pm to
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Why would you have bumpers so high if there is a whole different level
the bumpers are usually on ropes hanging off the side. If the boat is going down, they would be floating higher towards the next level and not hanging off the side to protect the hull where they usually sit.
Posted by Chucktown_Badger
The banks of the Ashley River
Member since May 2013
37473 posts
Posted on 7/15/26 at 2:23 pm to
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That doesn’t look like a cabin cruiser nor does it look 50ft. It looks like a big arse homemade pontoon


Nor does it look capsized.
Posted by dgnx6
Member since Feb 2006
90930 posts
Posted on 7/15/26 at 3:23 pm to
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Beat me to it. No way that's 50 ft. or a cabin cruiser when a jet ski next to it gives it some scale.



Like 90% of that boat is under water. You are only seeing the top tier sticking out of the water.








Posted by guzziguy
Lake Forest
Member since Jun 2022
1073 posts
Posted on 7/15/26 at 6:00 pm to
quote:

quote:
Supposedly a two-story pontoon boat.

The boat is a Marine trader 50 trawler.


That's our local news for you.
Posted by SingleMalt1973
Member since Feb 2022
24968 posts
Posted on 7/15/26 at 6:16 pm to
They have run out of room for,the homeless on dry land in SF?
Posted by CHAZILLA
Broussard
Member since Sep 2007
614 posts
Posted on 7/15/26 at 6:25 pm to
If you ook at the photo with a majority above water it looks as though the the super structure is already under water. We are only seeing the upper deck
Posted by ChatGPT of LA
Member since Mar 2023
7294 posts
Posted on 7/15/26 at 6:42 pm to
quote:

That doesn’t look like a cabin cruiser nor does it look 50ft. It looks like a big arse homemade pontoon


I think what you're seeing is the upper deck
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
103488 posts
Posted on 7/15/26 at 7:09 pm to
Looking at the pictures I’m trying to figure out how a person got critically injured
Posted by Tree_Fall
Member since Mar 2021
1306 posts
Posted on 7/16/26 at 12:08 am to
Many Facebook and YouTube posts by people or media in the SF Bay area are posting on the topic. There are some conflicts in the posting.

The boat was a multi-deck pontoon boat owned by the brother of the deceased man. Transponder recordings show that the boat was returning from a short loop into the Pacific ocean past the Golden Gate Bridge. Doing that loop in a "party barge" is exceedingly dangerous. The wakes from passing tankers and container vessels could easily flip the vessel or damage structure.

The fact that the top awning is visible out of water suggests that the pontoons flooded and the vessel sank while upright. The sunken pontoons also suggest that vessel may have been a poorly-designed DIY job. Commercially made pontoons would be foam filled or have multiple chambers.
Posted by Easye921
Mobile
Member since Jan 2013
3268 posts
Posted on 7/16/26 at 5:10 am to
That is one of the last places on Earth is ever want a boat to capsize. Massive Great Whites all around Alcatraz.
Posted by UnitedFruitCompany
Bay Area
Member since Nov 2018
4177 posts
Posted on 7/16/26 at 7:15 am to
Water is really cold as well. So even if they get out, between the currents and the temps they couldn't just linger indefinitely until help arrived. Luckily there is always a shite ton of folks out there so I'm assuming help arrived pretty quickly.
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