We were just out with the dogs for our nightly walk. Around the corner and down the street on Lake Prominade, there were two ambulances parked. Someone coming from one of the properties on Lake Prom told us there was a sail boat that had run aground. There were a lot of sailboats out in the lake tonight. Wednesdays are apparently race evenings so quite a few boats were involved in racing. When we were out earlier with the dogs, around 7:00 PM we watched a sailboat come into the Yacht Club harbour in Sam Smith Park. It seemed to have a little trouble making the turn into the harbour and run the short stretch to shelter – but it did make it in OK.

The boat that ran aground must have lost control in the waves and high winds out there tonight. When we got to the park, we could see it stuck out there, not far from shore, listing dangerously. The person we talked to told us the crew is safe. She said paramedics went out into the lake in dry suits and rescued everyone on board. If that’s true, let’s applaud our paramedics for a fantastic job. From the park, we could see the boat clearly because another boat, perhaps a police boat, was shining a high powered light on on it. It looked like there was a line between the two crafts and we could see somebody aboard the sailboat. It appeared they were trying to free up the sailboat from the rocks. At the same time the rescue boat had to be really careful not to get too close and run aground itself.

From what we know, everyone is safe, and hopefully nobody gets hurt trying to save the boat.