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Sea lions sink boat in Newport Harbor

August 29th, 2008, 2:55 pm · Post a Comment · posted by Laylan Connelly, staff writer

Workers look inside a boat after pulling it up from the bottom of the harbor.Well, the good news is that the owner of a trimaran that was attracting sea lions put up netting so they would stay off his boat.

The bad news is - the found another one. And sunk it.

I went down to the harbor today after getting word from bayfront resident Larry Buckelew that two sea lions had gotten on top of a small boat, and it took in so much water with the weight of the burly beasts that it ended up at the bottom of the harbor.

That sucks. (read the full story here)

There was a ton of debate on whether the sea lions should be left alone, seeing as they were there first. Others agreed with Buckelew and other irked bayfront residents who said the city has to do something better to take control of this issue.

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