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Cruiser Loses Vessel on Reef in American Samoa

By Sandy Parks · On May 26, 2022

(latitude38.com) – Esteban Galvez sailed his 1967 Pearson Vanguard from Berkeley, CA to Pago Pago but was denied safe harbor as the harbormaster said he needed authorization from the governor’s office to allow Volunteer to tie to a dock or quarantine buoy. They were ordered out of the harbor and drifted outside for nine hours becoming quite fatigued. The two crew aboard ran out of fuel and exhausted they drifted onto a coral reef. Read More

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