Rest in Peace - A Sad, Sad Night

[Bryan A.]

Sorry to hear about this, hopefully the insurance money will help you make her better than she was, the ultimate Seacraft.

Good luck.

[John R]

Peter - Sorry to hear this news. Hopefully you can get her out, cleaned and turned around with relatively little work.

What Strick means is that the brass tubes that line your rear thru-floor scuppers can potentially rot away and allow water to enter between the hull and floor, below your plugs, and fill the hull that way. They should have a putty/glass/wood surround that the brass tubes go through but they can break, and even shift and help compromise the tubes. There were a few threads here in the past on that possible problem.

Good luck

[FELLOW-SHIP]

Sorry PeterB

That boat of yours won’t “rest in peace”

She has just experienced a minor set back she will rise again better then before. You got a whole winter to make her better than before after all it’s getting to cold to fish till spring up there anyway.

Just check out the name of my Boat.





FellowShip

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My motto: Just for the Grins

[Trayder]

Peter my thoughts are with you.

[oldbluesplayer]

Pete - this is a major bummer - very sorry to hear -

If I can, at least it was at the dock, recoverable, and no risk to people. Just figure out why, deal with it, and you'll have a better, safer boat in the end.

take care, and please let us know what you find -

Bill

[nestorpr]

I agree with the rest, sorry for the news. However, when you get her up and running again (as I know you will) you can call her "The Phoenix"!

[NoBones]

Just check out the name of my Boat.





FellowShip

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My motto: Just for the Grins

On the lighter side, After all this bad news.
Hey Fellowship, that pic must have been just after you
restored her. Way to clean and pretty.
No Blood, No Guts!!!
I even detect a "BOAT BRUSH"
See ya, Ken

[FELLOW-SHIP]

Ha NoBones

Ya you got that right. I have been putting together a list of re do projects I need to do AGAIN. Like new top for the t-top been looking at the pro trim stuff, new total boat custom cover mine is approx 5 years old and gone through one hurricane. Need to replace approx 3 rod holders, got a spot or two on the deck looking a little ruff, maybe the window shield on the CC. Poss trailer axels + rub rail and on and on and on.
If it wasn’t for Capt. Chuck and his FLAWLESS boat I wouldn’t have a bench mark around here to compare with BUT because of HIM I do, want to keep up with the Joneses.
I was out of the water for approx 1 year and promised myself never again. Soooo repair work works around the Weather report.

FellowShip

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My motto: Just for the Grins

[peterb]

Well everyone, thanks for the great words of encouragement.

I had a suprise guest, over very own Finster, lead the TowBoat US team in terms of getting the the boat out of the water. They were great to deal with.

Here are some pictures.

These first several pictures are how the boat looked last night and early this morning before TowBoat US came.

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This next picture is when the boat rolled over for Finster and his team. They were just about to put the hand winches on when this happen.



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These next several pictures are of TowBoat US (Finster is guy with the red cap on) using winches and sump pumps to right the boat.

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As soon as they pumped the water out they towed it over to the local ramp. I then put the boat on my trailer and brought it to my ace marine mechanic. They started the pickling process.


My insurance company, Boat US, told me to get the engines pickled right away and to get a time and material estimate for restoring the boat to it's pre sunken condition.

I would greatly appreciate any one's experiences with this sort of thing. One of my big concerns is that they are able to get the engines and everything back running and opt not to do a "total". My fear of this is that the boat may work fine now, but may experience problems down the road.

Also, what kind of structural (deck, transon & hull) damage could have been done? My mechanic is a very good mechanic & electrical guy. He is not a fiberglass guy.

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Peter

[Finster]

Peter, that really sucks, it would have been nice to meet for the first time under different circumstances (i.e. the Flying Cloud AC CSC gathering). If it makes you feel any better (and I'm sure it won't) I've seen much worse.

As far as BoatUS's hull insurance goes, they have a good reputation and we deal with these guy's all the time.

Good luck and let me know if you need anything.

Chris