12/18/09 monsoon

[evernic]

anyone else have their boat swamped, flooded, sink during the monsoon last Friday ?

mine went under till stern line halted sinking, took air bags and huge pumps to re-float..one engine shot for sure, damage to other...waiting for surveyors report now...

[wiley]

WOW... sorry to hear. Didn't realize how it affected boats. That was record setting rain!

[Ludicrous]

Sorry to hear that. Almost every heavy rainstorm will put a few vessels on the bottom. What caused the problem? Did you have hull insurance that covered the salvage op?

[evernic]

Sorry to hear that. Almost every heavy rainstorm will put a few vessels on the bottom. What caused the problem? Did you have hull insurance that covered the salvage op?

Yeah, Luddi...tahnk God i have ins. $2800 to lift and pump, $350 to tow to marina for survey...at 11:30PM boat was ok, pumps pumping their guts out...1 or both must have died overnight, we had 18" of rain...at 7:30 AM looked outside...not so good...starboard gunnel 15" under, put in emerg pump, called tow/boat and ins. co. pumps were just circulatiing the water till the air bags lifted...starboard eng under for over an hour, ALL elect runs go along starboard side!!!!

hoping for a total out because elect probs will ever end after being drowned...

Edited December 22, 2009 by evernic

[auguste]

Sorry to hear that. Almost every heavy rainstorm will put a few vessels on the bottom. What caused the problem? Did you have hull insurance that covered the salvage op?

Yeah, Luddi...tahnk God i have ins. $2800 to lift and pump, $350 to tow to marina for survey...at 11:30PM boat was ok, pumps pumping their guts out...1 or both must have died overnight, we had 18" of rain...at 7:30 AM looked outside...not so good...starboard gunnel 15" under, put in emerg pump, called tow/boat and ins. co. pumps were just circulatiing the water till the air bags lifted...starboard eng under for over an hour, ALL elect runs go along starboard side!!!!

hoping for a total out because elect probs will ever end after being drowned...

Sounds like you will have to rewire the entire boat . . . that totally sucks

Good luck in coming to a good solution with the insurance company

[evernic]

yeah, auguste...so far the "survey says"...... new powerhead stbd engine, poss elect. problems on port...complete re-wire, all new breaker panels, mascerating pump, elect MSD, etc, hoping for total since I can't trust salt soaked wiring runs....

[evernic]

yeah, auguste...so far the "survey says"...... new powerhead stbd engine, poss elect. problems on port...complete re-wire, all new breaker panels, mascerating pump, elect MSD, etc, hoping for total since I can't trust salt soaked wiring runs....

Well...best news possible for 10yr old boat w/ 2 stk motors...it's a total.....ins paying agreed to value...