Grounding of the Le Papillion
On March 31, 2011 the sailboat Le Papillon cruising from Baltimore to Maine ran aground off the shore of Saltaire, Fire Island, New York. The crew of three abandoned the boat and made it to shore. The boat suffered major hull damage and the steel boat was cut apart and removed from the beach. The vessel has made several trips throughout the world before the boat’s unfortunate end.
