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Re: is a sunken boat a good deal?
considering where it's located, it probably sank from a through-hull/sea **** failure; it would not have run aground at that location.
There's a guy who has left a couple of sailboats moored (anchored) near my house apparently with plans to fix up. Totally open with doors gone and windows broken, ducks living in them and full of water, but they stay afloat. One sank during a hurricane (from the rain) and sat on the shallow bottom a couple of weeks; he came out one night, pumped it out and there it sits.
point is, a sailboat like this will take a lot of rain water before it sinks, especially if it's closed up, so that's why I suspect a through-hull failure. I've seen them sit for a couple of years.
I say this as a point of interest, not to encourange anyone to go get it!
considering where it's located, it probably sank from a through-hull/sea **** failure; it would not have run aground at that location.
There's a guy who has left a couple of sailboats moored (anchored) near my house apparently with plans to fix up. Totally open with doors gone and windows broken, ducks living in them and full of water, but they stay afloat. One sank during a hurricane (from the rain) and sat on the shallow bottom a couple of weeks; he came out one night, pumped it out and there it sits.
point is, a sailboat like this will take a lot of rain water before it sinks, especially if it's closed up, so that's why I suspect a through-hull failure. I've seen them sit for a couple of years.
I say this as a point of interest, not to encourange anyone to go get it!
