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nquirk said:@cuttysark. That's terrible news and sorry to hear. Hopefully your insurance will cover the recovery and the motor. I'm not familiar with Seatow, etc however its very important that any submerged boat, when recovered should have the engine addressed within hours. Any company doing that type of recovery should be aware of that. The guy at Ronnie's was right, it would've been better at the bottom for a few more days instead of raised and exposed without proper treatment.
I truly hope you come out on the winning end of this.
Take from my very recent personal experience that IF the engine is flushed properly, it needs to be operated for at LEAST 8-10 hours to have any chance of avoiding corrosion damage to the bottom bearing (and top bearing) on the crankshaft. I am getting ready to write a check for $3500 to pay for the top to bottom rebuild I had to have done on my 2001 GS201 (including a new crankshaft). All due to the previous owner allowing the boat to float off the lift during Hurricane Isbel, having the bottom beaten out of it and sinking, and not having the engine properly flushed and operated long enough, and then letting it sit. The broker indicated when I asked re: the damaged railings that "a big ole pine tree fell on it". The railings were actually damaged by the boat being trapped under the owner's boat house during Hurricane Irene. In a small town environment, somebody always knows the truth. The fiberglass repair folks and local mechanic filled me in, unfortunately AFTER I bought the boat. Caveat Emptor.
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I'm sorry, Did a under deck hose come off? Drain plug?
1997 Hurricane Fundeck 226R
1997 Yamaha C115
Dunedin, FL
@cuttysark. Sorry to hear about your boat.
There are several reasons for this but unfortunately without seeing the boat its tough to determine.
First place to always look is the plug. If that's intact, then start looking at all the inlet or outlet ports on your boat. This includes the intake for a livewell pump (I've seen these come loose from their housing and then the water floods in), its return outlet, the scupper on the side, the outlet for your bilge pump.
Another common problem (I've seen it twice this summer already that unfortunately didn't end up in a sinking as it was caught in time) was failure of the auto switch or float switch on the bilge pump. Water taken on from rain continues to collect while its sits at dock for many weeks and never gets removed.
Again, these are some suggestions. Hopefully you can raise the boat and get everything back in order and find the cause quickly.
2010 Mercury Optimax 200HP / Mercury SS High Five 19P
2010 Trailmaster SC trailer
2010 Mercury Optimax 200HP / Mercury SS High Five 19P
2010 Trailmaster SC trailer
@cuttysark. That's terrible news and sorry to hear. Hopefully your insurance will cover the recovery and the motor. I'm not familiar with Seatow, etc however its very important that any submerged boat, when recovered should have the engine addressed within hours. Any company doing that type of recovery should be aware of that. The guy at Ronnie's was right, it would've been better at the bottom for a few more days instead of raised and exposed without proper treatment.
I truly hope you come out on the winning end of this.
2010 Mercury Optimax 200HP / Mercury SS High Five 19P
2010 Trailmaster SC trailer
2001 Hurricane GS201 FD
Yamaha 150 V6 2 Stroke, Oil Injection