Tag Archives: F/V New Hope
The sinking of New Hope: A wooden trawler, a Vietnamese fisherman, and a cleanup job
Worms opened the wooden hull and in washed the green water and silver minnows. The fishermen spoke less of salvaging the 63-foot trawler left in the harbor of West Ocean City. The New Hope slouched to starboard, then sagged against the bottom sand. Five years went by; the trawler settled in. The shipworms ate away, until all that remained were bones. Bones and questions. The notorious trawler was entangled in a divorce — was the wedding really a wedding? — and a mistake at a Pennsylvania prison, a judge said. The case of the New Hope reached the top of Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources. Read the article here 08:57
No hope for the New Hope – Sunken boat abandoned in Ocean City Harbor
She rests on her side at the mouth of the commercial fishing harbor, salt water and worms eating at her wooden hull. The 63-foot trawler that in her prime had been a fine fishing vessel now sinks into a watery grave, abandoned and decaying. continued@delmarvanow
