Iconic shrimp boat removed from Myrtle Beach sand after washing ashore in Hurricane Ian

Work to remove a shrimp trawler from the beach after it had washed ashore due to Hurricane Ian, spanned several hours Tuesday afternoon with hundreds of beach goers watching and cheering along.

The Shayna Michelle, a shrimp trawler from Holden Beach, North Carolina, was beached near Williams Street and Ocean Boulevard after an engine failure caused the boat to be stranded near Myrtle Beach right before Hurricane Ian arrived.

A crowd of onlookers cheered when the trawler finally got off the sand some, but the process was slow to wiggle the vessel off the beach.

Tammy Deas, from Spartanburg, watched the whole event from the Mystic Sea resort pool deck, where she and her husband were staying.

“It’s not something you see every day,” Deas said.

Myrtle Beach police set up barricades to prevent people from going near it. However, hundreds of residents and visitors crowded around to watch the boat sail away.

One person was arrested after attempting to climb on to the boat on Friday, and was charged with disorderly conduct, The Sun News

This story was originally published October 4, 2022 at 2:46 PM.