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Just so I could post these... the New Years storm started warm with pouring rain, then turned to below zero cold by morning... snow really stuck to everything as the temp dropped... They were going to attempt to float the boat the next day, It is sitting on the keel, had it been on the other side of the dock it would probably be hanging from the dock lines.

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Hmmm I have some left over gibberish there

That is just sad.
Thanks for sharing the photos and reminding us to watch our boats!

We were on Destiny last night. All is well there but I can help but worry when the cold hits.

Scott

Here is a neglected Southcoast that sat in the marina for a few months before being dragged out. Southcoasts were built here in Shreveport, and here this one will meet it's demise, it seems.

Wow that sucks, so sad....

Couldn't help but notice that not one of the sunken boats is a Chrysler. That is a good thing right?

2nd generation wrote:Couldn't help but notice that not one of the sunken boats is a Chrysler. That is a good thing right?

LOL!

YES!!!

John K wrote:. Southcoasts were built here in Shreveport, and here this one will meet it's demise, it seems.

Friend of mine at Pelican sails a Southcoast. Actually is from S'port and used to work at Southcoast back in the day. Sad to see that one's pic..

What do we think caused the sinking? Open through-hull and burst hose?

Just curious.

Wow, these photos are just a nightmare come true. Good argument for storing your boat on the hard and getting it wet only when you want it.

Alan

Alan, precisely why mine is sitting here at the house. Those are sad pictures. Whew....

Tom,

I will see what they found when I go back Feb 1st ish. My buddy went up the next day and nobody was working on it. He did find out it was a wooden boat built by the current owners father, but hasn't been sailed in some time...

I saw this on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dlCyH4g6yo

There is a morbid fascination among sailors with sunken boats, similar to the one amongst motorcyclists with videos of crashes. You don't want watch but you just can't help yourself.

LeatherneckPA wrote:There is a morbid fascination among sailors with sunken boats, similar to the one amongst motorcyclists with videos of crashes. You don't want watch but you just can't help yourself.

Yup.


Scott

Agreed but with the interaction on this forum is more like unified collaboration to avoid these issues if possible (learning from their misfortunes)

Alanhod wrote:Wow, these photos are just a nightmare come true. Good argument for storing your boat on the hard and getting it wet only when you want it.

Alan

Unless, this happens !

Yeah, SW Mississippi. You've seen your share, and most of the rest of our share of destroyed vessels.

Spent a lot of time east of that (Biloxi/Ocean Springs) during my military days. Hats off to your rebuilding (boat and otherwise) efforts.

Good on you!

Alanhod wrote:Oh the cruelty of it all, they are not even safe in the shade of a tall tree. Alan

Alan, to make it even worse that boat (Wellcraft Starwind 22) had been sunk at the dock by a storm, and was only raised a few weeks before the tree got it !! Iwas offered any parts I wanted for EE, and even tho I'm not normally superstitious, in this case I said - uh, no thanks,,,

And then there's that great nautical tradition concerning the captain's cup. The cup or mug used by the captain for his coffee is not to be washed until the vessel returns to port or the vessel is liable to turn turtle. I discovered this tradition while on 3 to 6 month deployments on Coast Guard & Naval vessels. By the time we got to port some of the mugs looked pretty nasty! And if you really wanted to get some polliwog into hot water, tell them that their job while on watch is to wash the captain's cup .