Seacraft sinks off Martha's Vineyard

[mitchman]

Thanks for the kind words guys.

To answer some questions:

*The boat is in 100ft of water, but unfortunately I don't have GPS coordinates for it. I can point on a map, but that is about it. I thought about trying to recover it or the gear, but I think it would end up costing more than shes worth (not including the restoration work).

*Fox news said 150lbs of fish!?!? It was 1 bonito and 5 bluefish. No spin zone my a$$. We were targeting bonito earlier in the day, and small bluefin tuna at the end of the day where we sank. Didn't find the tuna until we started sinking, go figure (40-50" fish bustin on halfbeaks just off the bow).

*Uncleboo- nice work on sealing up your spalshwell. Unfortunately on my 1969 hull my splashwell it would have been difficult to construct a bulkhead with the rear console so far back and I had the real low molded in hatch seats.

*My next rig will definitely have 2 bilge pumps and a high-water alarm! I had two batteries as well, just not good luck with bilge pumps this year.

*Bushwacker - I don't think a 25" transom would have made much difference when I hit the gas with the amount of water in the boat; however, I think that 25" would have help from water from getting into the splashwell (and subsquently draining into the bilge) in the first place.

This will just be easier if I attach a photo for reference.