Paramedics, firefighters, surf rescue, and beach patrol personel look on after onlookers reported a ship aground at Ocean Beach, San Francisco near Sloat Blvd Friday July 1, 2011. According to bystanders the ship was close to tipping over on the sand bar, eliciting the full response of San Francisco’s surf rescue personel. The ship managed with dislodge its hull from the sand bar without further incident. Jon Weiand
The King Phillip shipwreck seen on a semi-low tide Friday April 22, 2011. The King Phillip is a commercial sailing ship built in Maine in 1856, and wrecked on the sands of Ocean Beach, San Francisco 1878. The above image shows the bow (front) of the ship, looking toward the stern (rear).
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The “Dancing Wolf”, a 38 foot yacht reported stolen out of Vallejo, sits aground on Ocean Beach, San Francisco at low tide. A man allegedly ran the boat aground in a drunken voyage celebrating his 35th birthday, only to be woken up by the National Park Service the morning of Friday April 15th. Jon Weiand
more info:
http://oceanbeachbulletin.com/2011/04/15/boat-run-aground-on-ocean-beach-after-birthday-joy-ride/
The winds shifted for about two hours from stiff onshores to moderate to light offshores with no one out. It takes dedication and a flexible schedule to catch it on a day like this. This wave was one in a thousand. Oh and I did not fake the lighting, I saw a split in the clouds and waited for some swell to hit this bar. Jon Weiand
