Free giant keel boat. Needs cosmetics.
- Ixneigh
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Free giant keel boat. Needs cosmetics.
Explored this wreck yesterday.
There were a lot a salvageable parts, but all much too big for my little girl!
Ix
There were a lot a salvageable parts, but all much too big for my little girl!
Ix
"Shoal Idea"
2011 M, white
Etec 60
South Fl.
2011 M, white
Etec 60
South Fl.
- Ixneigh
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- Jimmyt
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Re: Free giant keel boat. Needs cosmetics.
Kind of hard to look at. Could you tell what sunk her?
Jimmyt
P-Cub-Boo
2013 26M, Etec 60, roller Genoa, roller main
Cruising Waters: Mobile Bay, Western Shore, Fowl River
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2013 26M, Etec 60, roller Genoa, roller main
Cruising Waters: Mobile Bay, Western Shore, Fowl River
- Russ
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Re: Free giant keel boat. Needs cosmetics.
Always makes you wonder about the story.
A friend of mine ran his boat up on a reef in the Bahamas at night. Buddy on watch didn't zoom in on chartplotter to see the reef ahead.
He called the Coast Guard to rescue them and he left (abandoned) the boat intact on the reef. He snapped some photos from the CG heli on the way out.
Easy salvage in my opinion.
A friend of mine ran his boat up on a reef in the Bahamas at night. Buddy on watch didn't zoom in on chartplotter to see the reef ahead.
He called the Coast Guard to rescue them and he left (abandoned) the boat intact on the reef. He snapped some photos from the CG heli on the way out.
Easy salvage in my opinion.
--Russ
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- Ixneigh
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Re: Free giant keel boat. Needs cosmetics.
Neglect. I’d say.
"Shoal Idea"
2011 M, white
Etec 60
South Fl.
2011 M, white
Etec 60
South Fl.
- Ixneigh
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Re: Free giant keel boat. Needs cosmetics.
Heh left the sails up and everything. The only chance with something like that would be to attach the best halyard to the biggest anchor and and drop it off in deep water and maybe you could get her off on the next tide. But it would have to be the next one. Depending on how much you loved the boat and how stable the weather was, you could also scuttle her to keep her from pounding and come back with a salvage boat.Russ wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 6:08 am Always makes you wonder about the story.
A friend of mine ran his boat up on a reef in the Bahamas at night. Buddy on watch didn't zoom in on chartplotter to see the reef ahead.
He called the Coast Guard to rescue them and he left (abandoned) the boat intact on the reef. He snapped some photos from the CG heli on the way out.
Easy salvage in my opinion.
"Shoal Idea"
2011 M, white
Etec 60
South Fl.
2011 M, white
Etec 60
South Fl.
- Russ
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Re: Free giant keel boat. Needs cosmetics.
He said he left the sails up so others could see the danger to navigation.Ixneigh wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 9:25 pm Heh left the sails up and everything. The only chance with something like that would be to attach the best halyard to the biggest anchor and and drop it off in deep water and maybe you could get her off on the next tide. But it would have to be the next one. Depending on how much you loved the boat and how stable the weather was, you could also scuttle her to keep her from pounding and come back with a salvage boat.
The guy just finished a year of cruising the Caribbean and was selling the boat. I guess he found the insurance claim easier than salvage and then selling it. He left all kinds of fun bits onboard that scavangers could grab.
--Russ
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Re: Free giant keel boat. Needs cosmetics.
Heartbreaking...Russ wrote: ↑Wed May 11, 2022 6:08 amHe said he left the sails up so others could see the danger to navigation.Ixneigh wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 9:25 pm Heh left the sails up and everything. The only chance with something like that would be to attach the best halyard to the biggest anchor and and drop it off in deep water and maybe you could get her off on the next tide. But it would have to be the next one. Depending on how much you loved the boat and how stable the weather was, you could also scuttle her to keep her from pounding and come back with a salvage boat.
The guy just finished a year of cruising the Caribbean and was selling the boat. I guess he found the insurance claim easier than salvage and then selling it. He left all kinds of fun bits onboard that scavangers could grab.
Jimmyt
P-Cub-Boo
2013 26M, Etec 60, roller Genoa, roller main
Cruising Waters: Mobile Bay, Western Shore, Fowl River
P-Cub-Boo
2013 26M, Etec 60, roller Genoa, roller main
Cruising Waters: Mobile Bay, Western Shore, Fowl River