The 40-foot wooden sailboat that sank near the entrance to Nantucket Harbor Friday morning after colliding with another vessel was raised from the bottom Sunday by barge and crane.

Four people on the Winnie of Bourne, a 1952 Concordia yawl, were rescued from the water by the Coast Guard uninjured and without incident Friday.

Senior chief Matt Welsh of U.S. Coast Guard Station Brant Point said the collision between Winnie of Bourne and the 46-foot Swan Dragon occurred outside the harbor around 10:20 a.m. Winnie of Bourne received "catastrophic" damage, Welsh said, including a two-foot-by-two-foot cracked seam and a two-inch hole, and sank while attempting to make it back into the harbor around 10:50 a.m.

The Coast Guard sent its 25-foot response boat to the scene, and retrieved four people wearing lifejackets off the Winnie of Bourne from the water. There were no injuries, Welsh said.

The collision remains under investigation, and Welsh said Friday he wouldn't speculate about which boat might have been at fault.

On Saturday morning, the Winnie of Bourne remained just outside the channel, only its masts rising above the surface. The channel into and out of Nantucket Harbor is open to boat traffic, but mariners are advised to transit the area with caution. A salvage attempt is being organized.

The collision occurred just before one of the busiest boating weeks of the year, the nine-day Nantucket Race Week, which got underway Saturday. The Nantucket Boat Basin and Nantucket Harbor mooring field are already at or nearing capacity, with several larger boats anchored outside the Jetties and little space remaining.

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A large hole is clearly visible near the bow of this sailboat caused by collision with another vessel Friday morning.�������I&M Photo Galleries

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The 40-foot Winnie of Bourne slips beneath the waves after a collision with another vessel Friday morning.�������I&M Photo Galleries

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This sailboat, the Winnie of Bourne, sank near the mouth of Nantucket Harbor Friday morning after a collision with another vessel.�������I&M Photo Galleries

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