ON 9-5-11 Off met with owner/operator of a sailboat that was involved in a boating accident on 8-30-11.   Operator stated that he was transiting under the Sakonnet River Bridge when he was forced to alter course to avoid a collision with a tug and barge that was working on the bridge construction. His jib and headstay made contact with the bridge structure causing damage approximately three feet down from the top mast.
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