SinkCraft 20CC sinks!

[dcobbett]

FourBoatTheory,

Sorry you had such a bad time of it. At least no one got hurt, or worse.

At the risk of appearing crass or rude, I'm in the process of redoing a 20 right now, and wondered if you would agree to answer some "lessons learned" type questions regarding what happened in your situation?

How did the water get into the bilge; through the tops of the seats in the stern quarters, rigging holes in the splashwell, the live well, the boot for the rigging tube under the console (I assume the entire deck was flooded to some degree)?

Why did the electrical system short? Where are the battery's located, did they get flooded, did the cables run to connection blocks in the bilge (that got flooded)?