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That doesn't look smashed, just sunk, good there wasn't 10' of water by the dock, just drag it up, pump it out and assess the damage, I don't think it will be that bad, but the longer it sits in the water the worse it will be.

I see that happen to boats here all the time, only here in the harbor where the boats dock there is 15' of water and when they sink, the tie ropes are holding the boat from hitting the bottom.
 
Yup get it up on a trailer ..pull the drain plug ....flush out with fresh water...
to get the lake water crap out...let the sun dry it out....you will be fine.....
I have had the same happen years back....Slawhammer
 
Figures huh?

The skeg (the fin on the bottom of the lower unit of the motor) bottomed out on the lake bed and kept it from going all the way down...
 
I used to live on an old ship. was built in 1924 and moored. While I was taking my studio engineers course I lived there and just had to pay the moorage fees... mostly for sinking hehe..

I lived a year alone without trouble. the owner's son was a good friend and moved in. I liked sleeping up in the wheelhouse. great view and cool rocking motion being high up. Clay like the captains bunk up front. woke up one moring to hearing a splash followed by some colorful language.... bilge pump had stuck. he rolled over and his hand splashed in the water filling up his sleeping area... I was still dry LOL. we had to hand pump that sucker out though then fix the bilge pump (36 footer). (float stuck up)... I have woken up though and out on the deck for coffee and seen only masts sticking out

still sucks but at least it wasn't a major problem for ya dude.
 
Sounds like fun, living on a ship that is... Evacuating water sucks!

I got her running last night, but now every time I grab the controls it shocks the living piss out of me! It feels like spark plug voltage! Way more than 12 volts DC!

It started raining last night (very heavily) so I shot out to check on her at about 2:30am and all was well, but I was still too nervous to leave until about 5am.

It was 100 degrees out today and she sat tied up, bow out, to keep the swells from flooding the stern from all the boat traffic. She's pretty dry and is impossible to tell it was in 3 feet of water yesterday! I took the shop vac to the carpets and sucked her dry!

Now it is sitting docked with a $150 cover on it, She won't leak now! (I hope)

What's the difference in being docked and moored?
 
Man that sucks.
I have been shock by spark plug voltage and hurts. The shock didn't hurt, but it made me knee my car.

Hope you the cover work.
 
moorage was the fancy word that included 1 electrical outlet lol... I had a wood burning stove

sounds like you got it sorted out, even if the anxiety levels are high right now hehe
 
Think about the positive. At least the bottom end kept it up. At least you found out about this before it was in deeper water.

Still all sucks. You need a few of these: :clover::clover::clover::clover:
 
killermolly said:
How's the boat doing?
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She finally dried out. I had to fix a bad ground wire, that's what was causing the shock. Got it out on the open water this weekend for a few min, surprisingly enough, it ran great! The idle is a little high, but manageable.

Looks like my luck may be getting a little better?

Thanks for the kind words guys!
 
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Trip said:
She finally dried out. I had to fix a bad ground wire, that's what was causing the shock. Got it out on the open water this weekend for a few min, surprisingly enough, it ran great! The idle is a little high, but manageable.

Looks like my luck may be getting a little better?

Thanks for the kind words guys!
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I'm glad that your luck is getting better.
 
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