A boat sank off Pope Beach in January. Bill Rozak / Tahoe Daily Tribune
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Getting a sunken boat out of Lake Tahoe sometimes isn’t so easy.
On Jan. 20, the Coast Guard Lake Tahoe station responded to a report of a sunken boat off Pope Beach.
Lt. Pantelis Vasilarakis, Coast Guard Sector San Francisco’s logistics department deputy, said when a boat sinks, determining if there is pollution or not is the first and most important step.
In this case, they were able to determine there was no pollution but nearly a month after the boat was reported, it’s still there.