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If anybody finds out how a boat at anchor could flip over like that I would like to know how it could have happened. The tides are at a monthly low so the currents everywhere are at their minimal flow rate. The winds have been so mild, that for the last two days I had to fish in my shirt sleeves. Do not see how a boat that large could flip with minimal currents and wind even if he did get his anchor line fouled in his prop. Something else must have been the cause. I can think of only two possible causes. If the craft had taken on uncontrollable water flooding due to hull or plumbing failure; then it would make sense that the boat could flip over whether or not it was anchored. I had a boat flip on me (no one was aboard) during a hurricane, the entire floating dock it had been tied to had flipped and several dozen boats were heavily damaged. When my boat was found it was anchored. I had the anchor line tied to the bow eye, with the anchor resting on the floor boards. When the craft flipped, the anchor fell out and the boat was then anchored. The anchor had nothing to do with the boat flipping over. The second reason is he may have run afoul of tug towing a barge. If anchored, and at dusk, then there is always a possibility the tow line could play havoc with even a very large craft.