One diver was injured as a ten meter sportfish cruiser collided into a similar sized down-East styled research vessel eight nautical miles offshore to Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey at around 11:45 morning time of Friday 31 July. US Coast Guard responded to the emergency and then air lifted the injured diver to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Centre’s mainland campus in Galloway Township. Both boats were heavily damaged, the sportfish cruiser in its bow as pictured above, and the other vessel had its pilot house wrecked. The collision was reported to be caused by the sportfish cruiser who had autopilot engaged and stuck the other vessel which was doing a diving expedition at 25 knots.
The sportfish cruiser in this collision is a Grady-White Express 330 first generation as produced from 2001 to 2007. The Express 330 mark.1 debuted Grady-White Express line, and was replaced by the second generation Express 330.
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