by JohnH » May 17, 2018, 8:15 pm
It was headed out into the lake, along with some other sailboats for the Wednesday Night sailboat races. It was under sail with a good tailwind, when suddenly the wind did a 180 degree switch, and now it was still in the channel being blown back towards the bridge, and before the bridge could be raised, it hit the bridge. I was told that it could not get it's engine started for some reason, so it had no way to avoid the bridge. An unfortunate situation.
www.duluthharborcam.com also has a video of the incident.
It was headed out into the lake, along with some other sailboats for the Wednesday Night sailboat races. It was under sail with a good tailwind, when suddenly the wind did a 180 degree switch, and now it was still in the channel being blown back towards the bridge, and before the bridge could be raised, it hit the bridge. I was told that it could not get it's engine started for some reason, so it had no way to avoid the bridge. An unfortunate situation. www.duluthharborcam.com also has a video of the incident.