SEQUIM — A 46-foot wooden powerboat sank at John Wayne Marina overnight.
Harbormaster Ron Amundson said the first call came in at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and that the Lady Mick hit the marina floor at 11:10 p.m.
“We deployed an emergency pump and could not stop it from going down,” he said.
The boat was known to take on water and have a pump running, he said. The boat’s two pumps failed Tuesday night, he said.
Global Diving and Salvage was working Wednesday morning to remove fuel and oil, Amundson said. The plan was to tow the boat to the boatyard in Port Angeles.
Amundson said there have been a few boats “over the years” that sank at their slip in John Wayne Marina, typically due to boat or owner failure.
In this case, the owner, Cynthia Rue of Sequim, had intended to take the boat in to a boatyard for repairs, but the pumps failed before that could happen, he said.
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