THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, October 15, 1994 TAG: 9410170241
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B5 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH LENGTH: Short : 31 lines
A 58-foot, British-registered catamaran remained lodged Friday on a sandbar near the Lynnhaven Bridge where it was first stranded late Monday. There's no word on when the boat may be moved.
The Jacat went aground about 10 p.m. Monday. The Coast Guard was alerted at 10:20 p.m. by Virginia Beach police.
The large, ocean-going catamaran was captained by Jacques Demsder, who the Coast Guard said is from Lawrence, Canada, but lives in Paris. The single crew member was identified as Line Horranue, whose hometown was not known.
Neither was hurt.
Not so for the catamaran, however. The grounding damaged one of its pontoons. And the only way to get it off the sand bar without risk of its sinking is to bring in a crane and lift the craft onto a barge.
The Coast Guard said it was unclear when that might be done.
As it turns out, the vessel was on an ill-fated trek one way or another, the Coast Guard said.
The catamaran was heading into Lynnhaven Inlet and would have had to pass under the Lynnhaven Bridge. But the bridge's highest clearance is 35 feet. The catamaran's mast rises 65 feet. by CNB