Name That Boat Wreckage

"While walking along Muir Beach this recently, I stumbled across some substantial wreckage," writes Craig Allender. "I was hoping Latitude could help put a name to the mangled mass of fiberglass."

In his email, Allender noted the July 25 loss of the Flying Tiger Savage Beauty on the rocky Marin Headlands in the YRA Second-Half Opener. Beauty ran into trouble when she edged a little too close to shore and her keel became lodged in some rocks. No one was injured in the incident but the boat had to be abandoned and was unrecoverable. In the September issue of Latitude 38, Racing Editor Rob Grant reported that owner John Lymberg received full market value for the boat from his insurance company — within a month! — and he’s working on getting a replacement Tiger.

We’ve compared the photos Allender sent with those of other Flying Tigers and, though it’s tough to be 100% certain with so little to compare, we believe the wreckage shown is probably from Savage Beauty. Considering that Lymberg watched her break apart at Kirby Cove, Beauty‘s final six-mile journey seems pretty impressive.