09/16/2024
Well where do we start? What a wild ending to the New Jersey State Governor’s Cup. Saturday was a great uneventful day of racing. Sunday however was a bit more challenging. Starting with the Y-54 barrel rolling. Then the S-341 went over in the S Final. During the rerun the S-17 took a violent hook and told his radio person he was injured so we went over to him and found that he was also taking on water so we towed him in while treating him in his boat until we could get him to shore and treat him without the possibility of his boat sinking. In the Skiff A Final we had a 3 boat collision coming around for the start with the JS-35, JS-22, and JS-991. The JS-35 was already sunk when we arrived so we pulled the driver and rider out and Rescue 2 transported them into the pits for evaluation. The 22 was taking on water so they were quickly towed in and the rider of it was transported to the hospital for a hand injury. The driver and rider of the 991 were on their boat uninjured boat the boat was quickly taking on water. We were attempting to quickly get an air bag on it to keep it from going completely down but it went down to quick. Divers used airbags to raise both boats and after about an hour of work they were towed back to the pits. The driver of the S-17 was evaluated by EMS and after some time he was not transported. It was a long day but everyone went home got to go home. After extensive cleanup and getting everything back together, we were able to leave around 9pm. Thanks for everyone’s help with cleanup. See you next week in Hampton, VA.
