Report: Boats Tip in High Winds on Potomac
About a dozen people had to be plucked from the frigid water near Hanes Point as high winds toppled a boat full of rowers from Georgetown University about 11:30 a.m.
Eight more rowers were rescued earlier in the day when a boat capsized near Thompson's Boat Center. All of the rescued rowers in both incidents were in good condition according to the NBC article.
Winds were sustained at 15-25 mph much of the day, with gusts between 30-40 mph throughout the area. A Small Craft Advisory had been issued for the Potomac waters yesterday and remains in effect through 10 p.m. tonight.
It will be much less windy tomorrow. For the full forecast, see my post from earlier today.
By Jason Samenow |
March 1, 2008; 6:30 PM ET
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Posted by: JT | March 1, 2008 8:59 PM
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Argh! Rowers and scullers should NOT have been out today! The sun was warm but the gusts were brutal. Thank goodness no one was hurt...or worse. My boat's on land, off the Piscataway; even that protected creek had whitecaps all day. I wouldn't have considered going out on anything smaller than, say, one of the Spirit ships on the Potomac today.
Posted by: ~sg | March 1, 2008 10:44 PM
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Good point, sg. Those rowers, after the hassle they put their rescuers through, need to come up with a GOOD excuse WHY they were out on the water when small-craft warnings were clearly in effect.
Posted by: Mike | March 2, 2008 6:32 PM
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Mike: Just like drivers in the first snowfall every winter, the rowers forgot what the weather conditions are like on the water during a small craft advisory.
Posted by: ~sg | March 2, 2008 6:53 PM
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I was in Perry County, Pa today. About twenty-five miles northwest of Harrisburg. They had about four inches of snow overnight and during the day there were frequent snow squalls. Hard to believe that all of this was happening so close to DC. And its not in the mountains.