kpetry
Member
- Jul 19, 2008
- 362
- Boat Info
- 2002 Sea Ray 340DA
- Engines
- Twin 8.1 Horizons, inboard
These photos will just make you sick. This disaster unfolded last week outside New Buffalo, MI. The information that I have is that this fairly new 52' Sea Ray Sundancer was leaving New Buffalo last week in 5-7 ft seas. It somehow became disabled just outside the breakwater. I know what I was told was the cause by an individual on the scene, but I am not going to speculate at this point. The captain was unable to control the boat, and it was blown back onto the rocks of the breakwater. Sea Tow was unable to pull it free in the high seas. Ultimately a large crane was brought in on a barge several days later, the boat was lifted onto the barge, and transported to Michigan City, IN. Somehow, as the damaged boat was lifted out of the water by the Travel Lift, THE ENTIRE ENGINE ROOM, including both diesel engines, the transmissions, the shafts and props, the generator, batteries, EVERYTHING, ripped out of the bottom of this $1 million+ boat and fell back into the lift well!!! Thankfully there were no injuries that I know of, but an unmitigated disaster nonetheless!