Destroyed 20', pieces available to good home.
 

Hi all,
Some bad news: one of our beloved has died...I pretty much destroyed my yellow, '71 20'er last October in a non-fatal boating accident on the rocks off Newport. I have the remains of the hull and deck that I am going to cut up soon, unless someone here has a use for what is left. The hull from the waterline down is fine, the topsides are heavily damaged, and the deck is all there but in 5-6 pieces. Much of the transom corners are gone, as well as the console. It is gory, which is why no pictures, but if someone wants part or all of it, it is free.

I have since bought another 20 from FLA that I will resote soon, so see you on the water again this spring.

I am a boatbuilder and I say it is dead, but if anyone has pipe dreams, again it is all free to a wanter.

With prayers,
Peter

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Peter,
Sorry to hear about your boat. What happened?

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Peter, I'm sorry to hear about the disaster. Hope no one was hurt.
Was there a bow rail and if so, are the parts available?

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Peter - sorry to here about the boat but I'm glad no one was killed - hopefully not hurt too bad as well.

What happened? Off Breton? Damn! But glad you all are OK.

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Peter,

Sorry about the loss. However, if you have any helm seats from her ( or any other boat, being a boat builder and all ), I would love to talk to you about buying them...

Thx,

Alan My e-mail: ABL1111@optonline.net

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Thanks for the well wishes. We were fishing off Butterball, about 200' off the point when a huge wave jacked up and broke outside of us, flipping the boat and depositing it onto the rocks upside down. We had been there for about 25 minutes without any sign of trouble...Very scarry incident. Eventually it floated off and ended up on the beach, where I recovered it. No serious injuries, but lots of lost stuff and serious thinking.

There was no railing, and all of the interior seats, hatches and console are gone. About all that is still good is the replaced floor and casting area, as well as the stock stern lockers. There is very minor damage to the bottom, but the topsides and deck are heavily damaged, along with parts of the transom. Not sure what anyone would do with the carcass, but it seems a shame to just cut it up.

Be safe out there,
Peter

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Put it on Ebay, someone might be able to raise the floor to self bail and cut the gunnels/hull side down for a bay boat. I have seen this done in Texas and Louisnana. The entire gunnels/hull side are removed down to the floor level (not done to a seacraft...but what the heck).

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Hi Peter,
I have a friend that might want the hull, I will
have Gary call you. PS. Got your email this morning.

Chris

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Sheeeeeet ! You are lucky ! You could be dead ! Scarey stuff.

I have been in similar situations - fishing in a nasty inlet w/ a heavy outgoing tide and a big swell going the opposite way. Sometimes the change in wave character happens so fast - with you in the mix ! For me, the boat teetered on the very edge of going over and luckily came back - 'right'. Learned another one of those first-person, valuable lessons - almost the hard way.

It sounds like you have it all in perspective though. Yeah it sucks your boat got totaled, but the end result could have been that something was lost that 'is not replaceable'...

Good luck w/ your next boat !

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Glad you are allright- boats are easy to replace- [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]