Is that just cause for a 'May Day' call?

If the boat had been a Mac26X, they could have sailed it in
slightly submerged.

Scotty




"jlrogers" wrote in message
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A 40-foot high-tech racing sailboat lost its keel and
overturned in San
Diego Bay February 12.
Schockazulu was sailing near Ballast Point when it
encountered wakes from a
passing harbor cruise vessel. The boat's owner told Sea
Tow Capt. Bubba
Severance that he heard a big crack. Then the keel dropped
off.

The boat immediately rolled onto its side and all four
occupants were thrown
into the water. A Good Samaritan witnessed the accident,
picked up the
passengers and made a VHF radio Channel 16 mayday call to
the Coast Guard.
The passengers were transferred to a San Diego Harbor
Patrol boat and taken
to shore. There were no injuries reported.
http://www.thelog.com/news/newsview.asp?c=179603