"The boat was trying to recover one passenger who fell down from the boat and later on the boat could not control the momentum and it went down inside the water, " Lt Col Zahid Hasan, a senior Bangladesh border guard official, told the BBC.
Every year on the Feast of St Michael, the townspeople propitiate the sea spirits by solemnly burning a boat and scattering its ashes on the water.
The boat started taking on water, forcing McClurg and his four guests to motor 11 miles to the nearest port.
It is the antithesis of a deafening cigarette boat speeding across the water as a motorcycle would on land, as fast as it can go just like a momentum investor.
Two communities either side of a Devon river have joined together for a Jubilee Party on a boat half way across the water.
But it also increases uncertainty for lenders, marina owners and others who need to determine whether something floating on the water is a boat or not.
It's all frozen on the boat within an hour-and-a-half of coming out of the water, and it's labelled where it was caught, the date it was caught, what the species is, so I always know exactly what I've got.
Once the seals are fitted with their sensors, they are taken out to open water on their own personal speed boat, the Steller Shuttle.
But that was soon under three feet of water as he waded ashore, a weary soldier still smelling his own vomit from a night in a close boat on a choppy sea, and whose kilt in the freezing water was floating prettily round him like a ballerina's skirt.
"Our patrol boat carried out restrictions on the vessel such as blocking its path and discharging water, " the coastguard said in a statement.
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If you want to live on the water, Uncle Sam will help: A live-in boat or recreational vehicle can count as a "home" with mortgage interest and property taxes deductible, as they would be for any other.
Instead, the famous lanced competition takes place on a wooden boat, a sport officially known as water jousting (la joute nautique).
"My idea of retirement would be having a nice boat, sailing around the world and exploring and being able to relax and enjoy being on the water -- to just enjoy life without running around quite so hectically!"
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Water fanatics can earn their living on the sea by working as charter boat captains.
He lobs a live crawdad impaled on a silver hook into a spot of water 15 feet in front of the boat.
The jouster, wearing only white clothing (like the rest of the crew), stands on a wooden platform (called a tintaine) that extends off the boat about 3m above the water, carrying a 70cm tall shield and a 2.8m lance with which to knock the opponent into the river or canal below.
An Australian navy patrol boat is due to arrive shortly, with another on the way as authorities scramble to pull survivors from the water before nightfall, the spokesman said.
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With a lack of adequate water supplies "to support boat movement", closed sections of the canal were padlocked shut on 17 November to prevent boat movement.
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Food and water is usually included in the price, but you have to buy your booze on the boat.
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