Tide, surf stir up crashed sailboat

“Lucky Us 2” was freed March 3 from where it crashed on shore in a Feb. 12 storm near 79th Street in Holmes Beach after its crew was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard the night before. James Golembiewski, the sailboat’s owner, told The Islander March 3 that he was set to try to tow the boat out deeper water with the help of the wind and high surf and a few Cortez fishermen at high tide March 4. However, Golembiewski said the surf was too rough and they could not remove the boat over the weekend,. He plans to request an administrative hearing with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission about the boat’s removal if he can’t salvage if before an FWC-imposed March 9 deadline. Islander Photo: Courtesy Holmes Beach