The boat had about a hour before it sank, rescuers say.
While July 4th weekend revelers were enjoying barbecues, the beach and other holiday fun on Saturday, Capt. Jack Moran and his crew were working to stop a boat from sinking in Cape May Harbor.
When Sea Tow responded with two vessels and a crew of four the boat was “very close to sinking,” he said. Boats are more expensive to maintain and fix than exotic cars, Moran explained. Boaters have a joking expression about that, saying that the word boat stands for “Break Out Another Thousand” dollars.
“We assume there was some damage to the bottom of the boat because it was slowly taking on water,” he said. From the Hudson River to Cape May, New Jersey’s 130 miles of coastlines, in addition to bays, rivers and creeks
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