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Did The Summer Bay Sink In 2021? – Celebrity

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Sarah Oconnor

Updated on January 17, 2026

Did the Summer Bay sink on ‘Deadliest Catch’? During Season 17 of the long-running Discovery Channel series, Captain Wild Bill of the Summer Bay pushed his crew to secure another 165,000 pounds of wild cod before they returned to dock and ended the season for good.

During this last haul, however, Summer Bay crew members discovered a huge hole in the void of the ship that began to quickly fill up with water. While the “void” is negative space in the ship, it plays a very important role in keeping it afloat.

It would have been a nice payday after hanging up their gear and scrubbing the fish smell out of their fingernails before the next outing. During this last haul, however, Summer Bay crew members discovered a huge hole in the void of the ship that began to quickly fill up with water.

The Summer Bay lost power whilst in the middle of the ocean Panic struck when the boat’s lights turned off, leaving them with no power during the middle of the night – and in the ocean. Owner Bill Wichrowski is seen demanding his crew to get power back onto the boat, before they managed to get one of the generators to work.

What happens if the ship gets too weighed down with water?

If it becomes too weighed down with water, well, then, the ship will sink.

Two survivors were rescued from the disaster, but sadly, the father-son duo didn’t make it out alive. New episodes of Deadliest Catch air on Discovery at 8 p.m. EST on Tuesdays.

The tragedy resulted in the death of Gary Cobban Jr. and his son David. On what was supposed to be a routine cod and crab grab, the boat capsized close to Sutwik Island off of the Alaskan peninsula on New Year’s Eve. Two survivors were rescued from the disaster, but sadly, the father-son duo didn’t make it out alive.

Thankfully, the Summer Bay didn’t go down on ‘Deadliest Catch.’. Captain Wild Bill and his crew were able to secure a fairly sizable haul before making it back to dock as the crew did their best to mitigate water intake into the void while on the open water. It’s been called a miracle that the vessel didn’t sink,

It’s been called a miracle that the vessel didn’t sink, but that’s not the only close call that occurred on Season 17. Article continues below advertisement. On June 30, 2021, the arm of a crane carrying a crabbing pod snaped, hurtling a taut cable in the direction of one of the deckhands.

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