Boatnerd Discussion Forum

Having surveyed this area numerous times for the Corps of Engineers, I feel the big problem is the high berm of rock that exists along the downstream edge of the channel. There is only 6 to 8 feet of water (at Low Water Datum) over this rock ridge which prevents the tugs from pushing from the downstream side. These rock berms are found along the edge of all the channels in the lower Detroit River.

Does anyone know what the bottom is like in the area of the grounding? If sand or mud, I can see trying to brute force it off, but any rocks are going to do a job on the bottom of the barge if she is that hard aground.

News page here on Boatnerd has been following all day.

Detroit news online has three photos and short story on the grounding