18 seacraft - rescue in Vineyard Sound.

[flyingfrizzle]

Thank GOD some one was there to pick them up, such a bad feeling. I had about the same mess in a 22' mitch craft one time about 10 years ago. The hull bottom split by the stringer edge from a gas tank foam breaking loose from the tank pounding the hull bottom. Shit happens fast, before I knew it I was 3 miles out in the 7 mile river crossing in 3 foot chop sinking. Thank God the hull was foam filled under the floor. In about the same condition swamped like the one in the video I was lucky not to stall the motor and lucky the battery was in a sealed cooler section away from shorting out. I went slow as possible all the way to the ramp and it sat bottom on the ramp bottom while I was backing the trailer down. Even had a few a holes pass by swamping the boat worse not bothering to help. Needles to say a bad deal. Broke trailer springs from the weight, all tires looked flat and it took several hours for the water to drain before I could pull home. It always pays to have bilge alarms and take a look in the deck hatches once in a while....