A few days before Memorial Day Weekend 2005 a 32' Cruiser apparently hit the wing dam on the Illinois side of Bolters Chute.  The story I heard was that the boat made it about 200 yards upstream and to the bank where they tied a line to a tree before it sank completely.  When Crusher and I went by there the Thursday before Memorial Day all we saw was a black fender with a line tied to it marking the sunken boat.  Well, this weekend apparently work is progressing on raising the boat with air bags.  Click on the picture of the boat to see a slide show of more pics.  Having come close to a similar fate I feel real bad for the Captain of this boat.  Last year boating season almost started this way for me.

Pictures courtesy of Maureen