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Shortly after 6 p.m. Sunday evening the Great Republic freighter struck the dock of Shooters on the Water and a recreational vehicle on the Cuyahoga River while making a turn, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

The recreational vehicle was moored in a no-mooring zone — one of the ten or so safety locations along the river where boats are prohibited from anchoring or tying up as to provide ships, like the Great Republic, which clocks in at 625 feet in length, ample space to make turns on the tight and twisty waterway.

The boat didn’t sustain any damage, nor did the freighter, and there were no injuries. The collision did do some damage to Shooter’s dock, a Coast Guard spokesperson told Scene. An investigating officer was dispatched to the scene yesterday and is waiting on an estimate from the riverside restaurant.

It’s at least the fourth time in the past two years that a freighter has collided with the dock.

This article appears in Jun 28 – Jul 4, 2017.

Vince Grzegorek has been with Scene since 2007 and editor-in-chief since 2012. He previously worked at Discount Drug Mart and Texas Roadhouse.

4 replies on “A Freighter Struck the Dock of Shooters on the Water Yesterday Evening”

  1. Recreational vehicle brings to mind cousin Eddie’s rig parked in front of Griswolds house.
    Is a boat a recreational vehicle?

  2. The few times I’ve been to that dock in the last 25 years (you can count them on one hand), I’ve always thought that spot was a disaster waiting to happen. But hey, WTF…nobody was killed, right?

    Brings to mind a similar incident about 20 years ago in New Orleans…an even bigger vessel lost its steering apparatus and clocked a similar dock (and a floating shopping mall) on the Mighty Mizzippy…did quite a bit of damage and I believe some folks were hurt or even killed.

    Long day…too tired to look it up. Google it Don’t know the year…’97 or ’98 would be my guess.

    The reason I remember this so well is not just because of Shooter’s, but because my wife had just walked out of the joint and was headed back to the hotel. It missed her by five or ten lousy minutes. Life-changing events are all about right places and wrong times.

    Chuckles the Clown

  3. worked down town and used to see these big ships come through,,,would take them a good 20 mins to make these turns,,,,and would wonder with some of these boats tied up that folks would live on how safe this would be…. a 600 foot ten story high ship vs a 40 foot ten foot high boat doesn t stand a chance….my thought is why there isn t tug boats/safety boats with these big ships making sure all is good coming through these water ways..??????

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