ON 3-1-2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:15 P.M.A 44FT SAILING VESSES(MISNOMER) WAS TRAVELING SOUTH IN LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN TRYING TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE INDUSTRIAL CANAL IN ORLEANS PARISH.  DUE TO A CURFEW FOR THE OPENING OF THE  SEABROOK BRIDGE AND VERY HIGH WINDS WHICH DID NOT ALLOW THE BRIDGE TO OPEN AND A VERY STRONG STORM THE VESSEL WAS OVER POWERED AND VESSEL COLLIDED WITH THE SEAWALL AND BRIDGE. TWO OCCUPANTS WERE ON BOARD THE VESSEL WHICH THEY WERE WEARING PFD'S AND WERE ABLE TO GET SAFELY ONTO SHORE DURING THE INCIDENT.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED FROM THE INCIDENT.  THE VESSEL WAS REMOVED FROM THE LOCATION OF INCIDENT SEVERAL DAYS LATER AND DRY DOCKED WEHRE IT WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE SUSTAINED APPROXIMEATELY $30,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE.
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