​​On August 31, 2024, about 1035 local time, the charter fishing vessel Jig Strike was transiting between fishing locations near Cortes Bank in the Pacific Ocean, about 100 miles west of San Diego, California, when the vessel began rapidly taking on water. The crew was unable to stem the flooding, and the five crewmembers and 12 passengers on board abandoned ship into a liferaft. They were rescued by a nearby good Samaritan vessel, and the Jig Strike later sank. There were no injuries, and no pollution was reported. The vessel was a total loss estimated at $475,000.

​We determined that the probable cause of the flooding and sinking of the charter fishing vessel Jig Strike was likely an initial delamination of fiberglass hull sheathing that resulted in a large section of the plywood and fiberglass hull separating while the vessel was underway.