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Another unmoored vessel has capsized beside the Vancouver seawall – this time a tiki-themed party boat that launched just last year.

The Mirage Cruises vessel, named the Island Oasis, had been anchored in False Creek but broke loose Wednesday during a period of high winds, according to the company.

In a statement, the Canadian Coast Guard told CTV News the party boat “went aground during the ebbing tide, listed, and started to sink” late that evening. 

Mirage Cruises said the boat was evicted, along with hundreds of other vessels, from the Mosquito Creek Marina in North Vancouver earlier this year, and hasn’t had a proper home since.

“We tried everything we could think of, but were ultimately unable to secure new moorage and were left with no other option but to keep her at anchor in False Creek and dinghy back and fourth to the shore,” reads a GoFundMe set up by owner Ryan Hoy.

CTV News has reached out to Mirage …

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