On 06/15/2012 at approximately 6:00 pm, operator was operating his 30' wooden vessel, cruising enroute to an anchor location to moor and have dinner.  About 150 feet from the south shore of Shaw Island in Hicks Bay (San Juan Islands, San Juan County) he hit submerged rocks that he did not see noted on the charts.  The damages to his boat were a scraping of the last 18 inches of the stern, sonar hardware was broken off and the starboard skeg and prop/lower unit were damaged.  he estimated that the damages would amount to $37,000.
Friday Harbor                 