I am floating right now or at least I was when I left last night. The issue is getting the boat high enough to get off of the skewers or cutting the skewers so that they can be removed from the hull. Once that is done I can seal the holes and pump the boat out then get it to a place it can be repaired.
-----Original Message----- From: liveaboard-boun...@liveaboardonline.com [mailto:liveaboard-boun...@liveaboardonline.com] On Behalf Of Bob Johnson Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 4:35 PM To: liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] EXT :Re: Hull breach and about 2 feet of water in my boat. I don't know how much room you have but I once raised an International Scout from the bottom of the lake using(6) 55 gallon drums. I would think you could run lifting slings or rope under the hulls and in your case sink the barrels with the bung at the bottom then using an air compressor pump air in until it floats. The upside is that you could then float it to the repair facility. Bob PDQ 36 Peace -----Original Message----- From: liveaboard-boun...@liveaboardonline.com [mailto:liveaboard-boun...@liveaboardonline.com] On Behalf Of Densler, Vernon R (AS) Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 8:54 AM To: liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] EXT :Re: Hull breach and about 2 feet of water in my boat. Looking into bags but they would have to be really big to go under the bridge deck and raise up much. We really need to get the hull up from the bottom. -----Original Message----- From: liveaboard-boun...@liveaboardonline.com [mailto:liveaboard-boun...@liveaboardonline.com] On Behalf Of JohnB Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 8:51 AM To: liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] EXT :Re: Hull breach and about 2 feet of water in my boat. How about contacting a towing company and using their air bags under the bridge deck and float her out. JohnB On 5/3/2012 8:43 AM, Densler, Vernon R (AS) wrote: > The marina owner is looking for other options so that we can make sure we do the right thing. Anyone have any ideas? > > -----Original Message----- > From: liveaboard-boun...@liveaboardonline.com > [mailto:liveaboard-boun...@liveaboardonline.com] On Behalf Of JohnB > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 9:30 PM > To: liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com > Subject: EXT :Re: [Liveaboard] Hull breach and about 2 feet of water in my boat. > > Wow!!!!! > > JohnB > > On 5/2/2012 9:22 PM, Vernon Densler wrote: >> So not a good day at all. Got the 3" pump and managed to pump the >> hull out enough to see not only the last thing I expected but the >> last thing I wanted to see. There is a 4" concrete piling skewering >> my hull. I was able to slow the water down enough that the sump pump is keeping it almost empty. >> While we were working on the boat we felt a crunch. I thought it was >> shifting on the piling and it turns out that there is another piling >> now piercing the hull just in front of my board case. I was told the >> slip was shallow when the water was down but was not told that there >> was all kinds of debris with pointy ends sticking out of the mud. >> The piling in the back is in the inside of the port hull and the one >> in the middle towards the front is on the outside of the port hull. >> >> The marina owner finally showed up at 4:00 and we put a section of >> PVC drain pipe under it to try to keep it from going down much more. >> >> He is saying now that he is going to jack the port hull out of the >> water and build cradle to hold the hull so we can repair the holes. >> Then when the water comes up high enough to float her out without >> ripping the hull on the spikes we will get her out of there. >> Hopefully he does this soon so that I don't get any more damage. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Liveaboard mailing list >> Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com >> To adjust your membership settings over the web >> 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