Boat Sinking in Keyport

[Spanky]

sounds like the marina should be covering this one if it was their piling that caused the issue.

[giantfan]

From what I understand is that the boat was put in a temp slip (the one next to the fuel dock) due to the fact that the slip he is assigned had a damaged piling. Not sure how the bow could have gone under the dock as stated above, that is a floating dock.

I can assure you that Hans Pedersen and Sons is a first class operation, stand up people, and will help this guy out however they can.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Looks like it's on a finger peer and probably only tied up on one side. Wonder if that might have something to do with it. Maybe the stern quarter got caught under the peer or something and it flooded through the scupper??

Had mine tied that way and it wound up under the finger peer. I spoke to someone down that way earlier in the day at Browns and he said they were a few hours from low and they already had water in the parking lot where the resturant used to be by the bridge.

[jimmythegreek]

wow what a shame, it hurts to look at that picture.........gorgeous boat and very well setup by the sounds of it, thats gotta hurt bad, insurance or not, what a heartache. Hopefully it works out for the guy and the marina, maybe they can get her out and fired up before the thing ends up totalled

[KillinTime]

Wow, feel very sorry for the owner.

I know I speak for many when i say that we love our boats very much, taking care of them and even obsessing over them, I can't imagine the feeling even with insurance.

To the owner, if your boat is out of commission and you want to fish, PM me, I'd be happy to take you out.

[SaltLife1980]

What a shame

[Capt. Lou]

Finger pier no issue, if boat fendered off ! Tied my. 33' footer to float dock for years only tieing from one side . Several fenders kept her off dock under any conditions. Mute point now I can only guess how owner feels , sad indeed !!

[giantfan]

From what I understand this is what happened.

The boat was tied to the finger pier, with the blow we had the other day there was a lot of rocking and rolling going on and the stern line on the boat wore thru which caused the boat to sit in the slip sideways. As the tide came in, the stern/motors were laying up along the bulkhead side of the slip and the motor got caught on the bulkhead which caused the stern to take on water.

Could it have been avoided by heavier dock lines????? Possibly. Was it anyones fault...... not from what I heard. Still a damn shame. Motor has been pickled and time will only tell the extent of the damage...... I'm sure the electrical components will have to be replaced.

[Dr.Venture]

I am a friend to the owner of the boat. I have no clue how it happened, but can only speculate that it was tied to tight for the water level rising.
He has gotten it out since then, but I can only imagine what damage has been done to the electronics and motors. I have no been down to check it out, but will keep you all posted if you are interested on the out come.

[Jay]

That is a sweet ride. Hope it's not as bad is it looks.