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SAN FRANCISCO -- A bachelor party had to be rescued after a wine-tasting cruise boat hit rocks near Alcatraz Island and began taking on water late Friday, NBCBayArea.com reported.
The Neptune, which was carrying 22 people, hit what is known as “Little Alcatraz” and began taking on water.
“We were on the boat and then next thing you know, we hit a rock and there was a big jolt,” Matthew Rice, the groom-to-be, said.
“All of a sudden the Coast Guard boats came and we kind of just like got off,” he added.
All those on board were rescued safely.
Rachel Smith, another passenger, said the boat was “off course … and hit what we call Little Alcatraz.”
The boat’s captain said he was glad that no one was hurt in the incident.
The Coast Guard is investigating what happened.
The website for San Francisco Bay Boat Cruises says the Neptune is a “1958 classic motor vessel,” certified to carry 42 passengers.
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Under statement of the year "the boat was off course".
Wine tasting and model gazing.
@Cheetah
Yes but I don't think they meant for the captain to be doing those things yet.
So the Concordia captain got a new job??
So the groom's boat hit a rock before marriage? I thought that happens after marriage.
PJ- I wonder if it is an indication of how the marriage will go.LOL
Off course of course.
Where was Captain Morgan?
All he has to do is strike a pose, and the party goes on...
Worst bachelor party ever. Wine tasting in the Bay area!? Thats what the guys in the hangover pretended to be doing. Hope the woman on the boat was atleast a striper, off course.
I hope this was same sex marriage, which my ultra conservative cracker self is for, I would just have to of killed my best man if he booked a wine tasting cruise.
A wine tasting cruise as a bachelor party, I think I would prefer no party at all----------How embarrassing
Antistupidity
This is obviously the "STORY" they have to tell all their wives and the bride to be. I'm sure Captain Morgan was steering by the time of the accident and the local talent named Bordeaux, Sauvignon and full bodied Merlot were pole dancing on the yardarm...
Interesting that almost all the comments here assume that this is a heterosexual bachelor party replete with female strippers and "stories to tell their wives". Come on, wine tasting cruise on SF Bay???
Is the Captain related to Obama?
Was the captain tasting the wine too?" Rachel Smith, another passenger" on
Bachelor party she must of been the stripper.
Hilarious Buzzlightyear! What I can't figure out is who Rachel Smith is? The captain maybe.
Probably my favorite was "All of a sudden the Coast Guard boats came and we kind of just like got off".
Interesting!
Geo-3053278,
So it can be a same sex couple getting married but he can't have a female friend come with him on is wine tasting cruise, bachelor party? Lol! I'm sure he has close male and female friends that he wants to party with one last time before tying the knot!
Groom says: “All of a sudden the Coast Guard boats came and we kind of just like got off”... This guy's response is so wrong in so many different ways.
L Pyrinc
This story sure beats the last story NBC did about the Bachelor party that was in the strip cub. The one where the stripper climbed the pole and launched herself down onto thebachelor, bursting his bladder.
However, in this article, I did not think that wine should have been be served "on the rocks..."
It's probably what he recalls considering he was probably a 'little addied', like many of these comments one has to be open minded and consider the source, lol.
Maybe the groom has a thing for military uniforms.
I was wondering, 400 miles out in the bay, I mean I have been there many times, but they must have sailed around and around a long time.
400 miles from pier 39,,,, am I to assume peir 39 is in Oceanside?
Wine tasting will put the boat on the wrong side of the bouy every time.
22 wineo's to ram a boat into a rock. Evidentally it was not very good wine or it was the only rock out there that needed some friends.
Must have been screw cap...
Hey you were supposed to pass the wine in a box not put the boat on the rocks.
It was a whine cruise alright:
"Awww, I never got my smoothie!!!".
Something aboard must have distracted the navigator.
the bride was so shocked when he heard the news he bumped his head on the bottom of the table.
Best laugh I've had today!
Someone probably asked for wine on the rocks.
Too funny
Can you say "Insurance ?"
Booze , Boats and water, that always works out well, doesn't it?
Exxon Valdez spill
It occurred after the ship's captain, Joseph J. Hazelwood, left the bridge at a crucial moment. Mr. Hazelwood, an alcoholic, had downed five double vodkas on the night of the disaster, according to witnesses.
A bachelor party and their choice of "entertainment" was a wine tasting cruise ??? I wonder who made that decision...sounds like a lame idea. I am happy that's one bachelor party I wasn't invited to.
Hey! Nobody got Hurt! Bad Year they were tasting!
This is news????????
I am sorry that you only think the latest child disappearing or found dead, anything in the political category, etc., is worthy of reading as news. Sometimes, despite the fact that there are posters from both sides making snide comments, we need a little "relatively light" news to give us a chuckle.
San Fran, wine tasting, bachelor party, hmmmmm. Bet there were no women on this cruise.
@lud Watch the vid. Rachel Smith a "passenger" was aboard (in her pirate suit). Course "she" might have been the bride Bruce in drag.
Here We Go Into The Wild Blue Yonder @AVIATOR7, LOL Rachel Smith was part of the boat crew or a tranny hired for entertainment. If it was Bruce in drag, he would have been dressed as Jose Gasparilla.
Definitley, not a good sign to be hitting the rocks before the wedding.
Only a bunch of pussies would go on a "wine tasting" for a bachelor party.
Worst bachelor party ever. who goes on a wine cruise for their bachelor party?
The Groom and the other Groom. (Why else would this appear on MSNBC?)
I just got off (the phone) w/ Vice President Joe Biden, & he says the boat will be out of the water by 2014. Now it's their turn to get off. So many dudes...so little time...oh...to get off (the boat).
The reporter says CG received a distress signal from a boat 400 miles out from Pier 39??? I think not - More like 400 feet from the pier.....
I did not have a bachelor party only because a was one for 43 years before I ever got married but if I were to have one we would have sailed on Captain Morgans ship. What kind of bachelor party can you have with wine tasting? Sad to be the groom in that relationship. I still go out with my friends but I do not have to lie to my wife about where I go and it is not to wine tastings.
Hmmmmm---so do you suppose that Rachel Smith's role was on the "wine Cruise" was to just serve wine? I'm betting that the bride is pistol whipping Matthew Rice at the moment. Ahhh, what a way to start a life together. And dare I say a classic example of Murphy"s Law in action!
I heard that all the passengers....."Were a little bit...Shaken, but not Stirred"...by the whole ordeal!
Hmmm, according to the reporter in the video clip, at approximately 1:15 in the clip, the incident occurred 400 MILES off Pier 39.
So given Alcatraz massive relocation, it's hardly surprising the Captain's charts were a bit off . . .
Were there two gay guys getting married as partners. What kind of bachelor party is a wine cruise. The article did not mention hot babes, hookers or strippers should have been on the boat. They guys really know how to party, I am sure glad I was not invited to this thing. Bachelor parties are a time to let you hair down and have fun with women not drink wine.
I am wonder if they played feed the pussy which is a great game at bachelor parties or did they play feed the rooster(aka cock).
I love going to bachelor parties and do not forget guys the unwritten rule do not tell you wife what goes on at these fun things. If I told her I went on a cruise of the SF bay and drank wine she would tell me I am lying because this does not happen at bachelor parties. Hope these two guys had a great time with each other.