The boat floated - the truck didn't
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June 24, 2015
ROTTEN LUCK – This truck, with a boat trailer attached, slid down the Sherman Street boat launch in La Conner and into the channel, where it drifted south and sunk. The visiting boater had just launched his little fishing boat at low tide and was trying to pull back up the ramp when it happened. – Photo by Don Coyote
Wednesday was going to be such a good day for a Mount Vernon family.
Mike Tucker’s wife, Barb, and their family members were kayaking out to Hole in the Wall on the Swinomish Channel.
Tucker was going to follow along in his little fishing boat, just in case someone wanted a tow back.
The kayaks launched without a hitch — and as his wife paddled by, Tucker waved her on.
She didn’t know their truck was under water, and her husband’s arms and legs were all skinned up.
While the kayaks were getting underway from the Triton docks across from Maple Hall in La Conner, Tucker was launching his l...
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