S/V RULING ANGEL-Coral Grounding; St. Croix, USVI

St. Croix, USVI | 2009-Dec-10

Initial Notification: On 09DEC2009 at 1713 AST NOAA DARRP was notified by USCG of the grounding of the S/V RULING ANGEL via the email notification system. The vessel, a 80' Custom Sailboat became disorientated as a squall hit and it subsequently grounding on Round Reef just to the north of Christiansted Harbor in St. Croix, USVI. The vessel has 800 gallon of Diesel in its tanks, which are secure. After 6 hours of salvage efforts by local tow boats the vessel was subsequently freed and towed to Christiansted Marina. USCG is conducting a hull survey on 10DEC2009 and USVI DPNR is planning to survey reef damage on 11DEC2009.