Florida Beach lovers received an unlikely visitor after a ship not manned on land last weekend.
A 50 -feet shrimp boat called “Miss Montie” struck at Beverly Beach, located approximately three miles north of Flagler Beach on the east coast of Florida, on Sunday night, according to the Firefighters Department of Flagler Beach.
The authorities that responded to the post -appropriate ship scene were initially unable to contact the crew, The department said In a publication on social networks.
Flagler Beach’s fire department did not respond immediately to the request for comments from Fox News Digital.
When contacting the United States Coast Guard, officials knew that the crew was, in fact, accounted for and had been withdrawn from the boat before Sunday, the marine science coach of the Coast Guard Brandan Blackwell, who responded to the scene, said the Daytona Beach News Journal.
“We are making sure that everything seems to be buttoned, the container is still vertical, it is not turning or anything,” said Blackwell.
“It is a steel helmet, so it should not be separated during the night or anything crazy like that.”
The ship lost energy on Friday night, said Corey Thomas, Miss Montie’s captain, News-Journal.
According to the reports, Thomas called the Coast Guard after realizing that his spare anchor would not contain the weight of the ship.
“I didn’t want to leave the drifting boat,” Thomas said. “
He [Coast Guard] He told me they could be towing. And I couldn’t understand why they couldn’t tow. They told me it was too dangerous. “
Thomas was not immediately available for the request for Fox News Digital comments.
According to the reports, the Coast Guard Tok Thomas and its crew to the coast, where Thomas found an owner of a boat willing to tow his shrimp boat.
However, Miss Montie had derived eight miles in three hours, and the waves were too rough for the ship to be towed, News-Journal reported.
Thomas tried to use a second anchor to hold the boat, but the line broke. The next day, Miss Montie went to the shores of Beverly Beach.
“And here he sits,” Thomas said.
The boat was sought and subsequently delivered to the application of local law. According to the reports, Thomas hired a larger shrimp boat to get it out of the beach, with digital fox fox news, he was being towed to San Agustín.
The Coast Guard and the Florida Fishing and Wildlife Conservation Commission did not immediately respond to the request for Fox News Digital comments.