||| BY LIN MCNULTY, theORCASONIAN EDITOR |||


A few days (weeks) ago, on the afternoon of Wednesday May 4, actually, an oversized vessel was spotted in East Sound. When a resident called the Sheriff’s Office to report this unusual incident, the call was referred to a Lopez (?!) Deputy.

Being the good reporter that I am, I watched The Ocean Victory sail into Eastsound and eventually back out again. I was so mesmerized that I didn’t even think of taking a photo or ‘calling it in.’ I did, however, check the info on the Vessel Tracker to see who this lovely watercraft.

The Ocean Victory is touted as:

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Here’s the rest of this story:

The call to the Sheriff’s Office was referred to a Lopez Deputy because that’s where the Sheriff’s speed boat was located. The Deputy did not respond, but rather notified his supervisor who could find no reason that the large ship could not make a side trip through East Sound if it wanted to.

So that’s the tale. You should have seen it!!


Photo of Ocean Victory in East Sound. Courtesy of an alert Orcasonian reader.


 

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