Update on sunk boat in my marina: still sunk

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Firm_Objective_2661@reddit

How long has this been? I’m surprised the marina hasn’t recovered it and sent the fees to the owner. I assume there’s fuel and other fluids on board which would be leaking by now.

We had a boat sink at the slip at our club within a week following launch in the spring. It was out of the water within a day or two.

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Amaracs@reddit

Just a lurker here, but how do they actually recover them? Do they use a crane, or is there a specialized device, like an underwater balloon that they pump air into to lift it?

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There’s a whole YouTube genre where you can watch this happen! But basically (as I’ve watched a few videos on and am now clearly an expert) in this situation you’d use some air bags to lift the boat so the top of the hull is at least out of the water. Then you get some heavy duty pumps going to pump the water out of the boat (hopefully faster than it’s coming in). Then you start splashing about in the boat looking for where the water’s coming in and patch the holes up with.. whatever’s lying around.

When it’s floating you tow it over to the lift out area where it gets yoinked out with a crane.

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digger250@reddit

What's your rate?

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Cottager_Northeast@reddit

I can decide if this calls for someone with the rate of bosun's mate or hull technician. It's a little late for a damage controlman.

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cookyshark@reddit

Never too late for a free assessment.

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TenYearHangover@reddit

Yes

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MischaBurns@reddit

At least $3.50

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christmas2065@reddit

Same thing happened to me, luckily my brother in law is a NYC cop and he brought in some cop divers with air bags. It was a drop keel, we lifted the keel and swam it over to the ramp onto a trailer. Having LEO in the family is awesome. Another time the keel fell off (swing pin rusted) and he got a road crew guy to cut a new one out of a road plate.

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Sondemon@reddit

Thanks expeet person! When I get home tonight I'm gonna check out some of those vids myself 😀

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That-Makes-Sense@reddit

There is a cable TV show where they do this also - Shipwreck Nen

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Sinn_Sage@reddit

Then crushed with an excavator and sent to the nearest dump.

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spexxit@reddit

Some diy options are to use oil drums and winches. I've heard of that being done at occasion in more remote locations.

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SphyrnaLightmaker@reddit

Yes.

(Both of those are actual methods)

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flyingron@reddit

Yep. I watched them raise a power boat in 60' of water right off my slip once. (They actually moved my wife's boat over one slip during the operation). Sent a diver down to put air bags on it, as it got near the surface they used a bunch of big-assed pumps to start getting the water out. Then they towed it with pumps still going over to a boat ramp to haul it out.

To collect the oil, they borrowed my wife's leaf blower to push it into a smaller and smaller space in the containment booms and then used pads and stuff to remove it from the surface).

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Corn_Kernel@reddit

Didn't think of the leaf blowers, that's a good idea

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Firm_Objective_2661@reddit

Our club brought in a mobile crane to lift it out. In the meantime it was surrounded by absorbant booms and pads to collect as much oils and fuel as possible.

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redluchador@reddit (OP)

Weeks

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redluchador@reddit (OP)

Couple o weeks. I don't know the story or who's boat it was

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dormango@reddit

It won’t unsink itself.

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Internal-Bee-5886@reddit

Nah don’t worry, they’re just trying to age the wood.

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Elses_pels@reddit

It’s only a little wet … it’s still good

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JVM_@reddit

Galley sink holds water

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redluchador@reddit (OP)

Lol

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Vostok-aregreat-710@reddit

Did you ensure the seacocks were closed and everything watertight?

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IMHO_Sleepy@reddit

And salty

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joesquatchnow@reddit

Yikes times to call boat us, salt water ?

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RawrHaus@reddit

There is 40 ft boat sunk at my marina in middle chesapeake that has been sunk for months

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Neo_Mitochondria@reddit

My dream is to have a boat, yet i see so many of them just sitting there neglected.

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JustCryptastic@reddit

This wouldn't happen to be at the West River Fuel Dock, would it?

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Fancy_Witness_5985@reddit

Can that boat be salvaged? I know nothing

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Arthur-Dent7x6@reddit

It’ll get better…

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Unfair_Cry6808@reddit

Just open the drain port.

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Zesty-B230F@reddit

Can confirm, looks sunken from this angle.

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Alone_Ad_9774@reddit

Is that one of those green submarines that uses sail Power instead of nuclear?

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dijon0324@reddit

That’s some dark water

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redluchador@reddit (OP)

It's only dark cause the lead from the keel leaching into it.

Ya, the Chesapeake- tea-colored water with too many jelly fish to stick a toe in. =(

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UndocumentedSailor@reddit

So glad I live in southeast Asia!

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redluchador@reddit (OP)

Don't you have killer jelly fish and octopi there?

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Neferknitti@reddit

Can confirm about the jellyfish. (Sigh)

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justdoubleclick@reddit

What lies beneath..

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popeye2057@reddit

This was a job a had for many years. a few bags and some pumps will get it up and in no time. and then somebody can take it for scrap.most boats can be floated again. from the way she is sitting guess a seacocks where left open. It looks like it’s been there 2 weeks ish. Depending on what the bottom is like the keel could be stuck in the mud that would make it harder to get up. But honestly this should be able to be floated again in a day or less the reason most boats stay down is there are not a tone of people that rase boats. And we don’t do it for free. But keeps us all up to date

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redluchador@reddit (OP)

Assuming the owner had insurance, would they pay you guys, or what? Because if that's my boat and I have insurance- My attitude would be this is the marina and insurance company's problem now.

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popeye2057@reddit

So the insurance agent would come out and be like ok we cover this and yes the insurance from the boat owner would pay me to raise it normally. Or for little things the owner could just pay cash but full boats are normally payed by the insurance company but boats can and are sometimes abandoned and then it’s a new problem. When boats sit like this it’s the owner can’t be found or has died and something. And it becomes a nightmare to get payed not only for the floating the boat but more importantly what happens after

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PuGgLeS2468@reddit

How's it sunk. Took on some rainwater, maybe.

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TheGreatKonaKing@reddit

Captain Nemo?

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grumpvet87@reddit

that tohatsu 3.5 will be fine

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WayAgreeable3999@reddit

This is just winter storage. Cheaper than pulling her out of the water.

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60yearoldME@reddit

Can’t park there mate

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secret_hitman@reddit

My worst nightmare as a liveaboard

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Alesisdrum@reddit

Same! But we have shore dockage so we would hit bottom before going under at least.

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Red_Meat1@reddit

Getl the boat yeet

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Cabasa42@reddit

Wow. Someone sunk his boat because of his reflective window tint?!

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Nestor_the_Butler@reddit

Good thing it's still tied to the dock.

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Green_Machine_4077@reddit

srs question. is there a DIY way to un-sink this?

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drroop@reddit

I'd fish a few lines under the boat, then tie each end of the line to an inner tube. Maybe some more in the bow and the quarter berths. Then inflate the inner tubes until the gunnels were above the water. Then close the thru hull, or fix what sunk it. Then pump the water out.

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