UPDATE: Small boat capsized at Don Armeni boat launch removed
UPDATE: Small boat capsized at Don Armeni boat launch removed
A small motorboat capsized after being abandoned and then tied up to the finger piers at the Don Armeni boat launch. Lincoln Towing was called to pull it out of the water.
Photo by Patrick Robinson
Thu, 10/27/2022
Update 6pm
After some trial and error a boat that was piloted by two "older" men, according to a witness and abandoned at the Don Armeni Boat Launch in West Seattle, was finally removed. Seattle Police managed to drag it out of the water, then Lincoln Towing arrived with a flatbed truck to remove the boat which was a total loss. The boat appeared to be stolen.
Original Post 10:42 am
A small motorboat capsized while tied up at the Don Armeni boat launch on Thursday morning. Wind gusts of up to 31 mph may have contributed to the partial sinking. Debris, presumably from the boat was along the shore near the piers. It bears an out of date, 2004 Idaho license and according to a witness the boat had two people who tied it up and walked away. The police have been notified.