On May 03, 2012, at 08:43 AM, "Densler, Vernon R (AS)" <[email protected]> wrote:
The marina owner is looking for other options so that we can make sure we do the right thing. Anyone have any ideas?
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of JohnB
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 9:30 PM
To: [email protected]
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.
>
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