Tiki-themed party boat sinks in Vancouver’s False Creek

The absorption of Vancouver’s marine assemblage is backmost successful the spotlight aft a tiki-themed party boat became the latest wreck successful False Creek.

Crews were connected country Thursday dealing with the Island Oasis, which could beryllium seen beached and connected its broadside successful the municipality waterway.

The vessel, owned by Mirage Cruises, was advertised arsenic giving passengers the acquisition of exploring the stunning earthy quality of North and West Vancouver, Coal Harbour and Stanley Park.

“I’d spot it each the time, it’s a large small boat,” False Creek nonmigratory Mark Kandborg said.

“This is similar the eighth wreck I person seen successful the past twelvemonth oregon two. They are astir outnumbering the boats that are afloat.”

Its owner, who declined an interview, told Global News helium had been anchoring the vessel successful False Creek since the Mosquito Creek Marina successful North Vancouver, wherever helium utilized to moor it, unopen down earlier this year.

He said he’s been incapable to find different marina with availability.

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The salvage institution that’s been hired to retrieve the vessel says it is an all-too-familiar story.

“I truly consciousness for him. I’ve felt it with my ain boats, excessively — there’s a existent deficiency of infrastructure successful Vancouver,” said James Brickenden, proprietor of Atlas Marine.

“There’s waiting lists for immoderate benignant of moorage, you can’t find a spot to enactment your vessel and particularly with Mosquito Creek — that was 1 of our biggest marinas.”

Vancouver constabulary said they judge the vas ran aground and sank connected Wednesday arsenic a effect of being improperly anchored during precocious winds.

“We are not conducting a transgression investigation. This vessel had exceeded the maximum allowable enactment successful False Creek and members of our Marine Unit were successful the process of taking enforcement enactment to person it removed.

Brickenden said the program is to usage a crane to refloat the vessel and instrumentality it to its owner. He added determination was small to nary substance onboard.

The Coast Guard has deployed a containment roar astir the vessel to drawback immoderate lipid and state that whitethorn leak from the Island Oasis.

The City of Vancouver said the vas did not person a licence to anchor successful False Creek.