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Captain of scorched fishing vessel mourns loss of ‘dream’ boat
It’s been three days since Stan Bennett and his crew were rescued safe and sound after issuing a mayday from their burning fishing vessel, and now they’re trying to figure out how to best chart their new course forward. According to the Coast Guard, the 63-foot Challenger Traveler — which Captain Bennett, and his brother Derwin, used as a crab fishing boat — burned to the water line and sank following a dramatic evacuation on Friday.,,, Bennett’s also looking for the fishing gear and cages he left behind on the ocean, where his crew had dropped 500 pots. >click to read<20:24
