Yes, I believe that for many U.S. states, boaters are only required to report groundings if certain conditions are met (i.e. passenger injuries, extensive damage). Dang, now that I think about, I really don't know a single person among my Florida pals that has ever reported their grounding incident to the proper authorities.swankenstein:This sort of thing happens hundreds of times every day. -Small to medium-sized boats running aground due to weather, lack of decent charts, or stupidity. Usually there's not much damage to the vessel and the local coast guard/ harbour master/marina staff pull them off and they go on their way. The only reason this made the news is the irony factor.