Sad day for a boat owner

[dwna1a]

While working on my boat today I ran into my mechanic. He had some photos of a salvage job he had just finished. A new 27' had sunk and rolled over on her side at the dock. I asked how such a nice new boat ended up in such a bad way. The owner pulled the plugs out of the blocks to drain her for winter, he never put the plugs back in. Once the pumps killed the batteries she sank. It's the second boat I've seen this month that sank due to the owner not having shore power on and batteries on charge. A Bayliner sank during Sandie and the pumps killed the batteries, rain water filled the boat and she went down.

 

[rumrunner]

No too sure how pulling the block plugs would result in the boat going down. I would suspect the engine only holds on a gallon or two of water and once drained that should be end of it.

 

[Ididntdoit]

Seacocks either non existant (outdrive boat) or not closed - the impeller will not hold back the flow of water

 

[Hawaii340]

I just bought mine about two months ago so this is all new to me. The boat broker warned me not to leave a shore water hose connected to the boat. He said that the pressure can cause a plumbing failure and the boat can fill up and sink tied up to the dock.

 

[dwna1a]

No seacocks on the Sea Ray, it was an 07. The Bayliner was tied to tight for the storm surge and was pulled under by her dock lines. She was buried so deep in the James River bottom that when it was floated the mud suction ripped the outdrive off. Many questions have come to mind on that one, the marina has 24 hour security, a dock master 12 hours a day, and the owner lived within walking distance from the boat, yet no one noticed? The boat had total replacement insurance! Things like this make me very thankful for our Dock master and my slip neighbors.

 

[Summer Fun II]

The boat broker warned me not to leave a shore water hose connected to the boat. He said that the pressure can cause a plumbing failure and the boat can fill up and sink tied up to the dock.

You shut everything off but the battery charger when you're not there. :smt001

 

[dwna1a]

I'm new to this size boating....but folks here taught me that. I feel very sorry for the Sea Ray owners but they salvaged the boat in less than 5 hours of the rollover, pumped her out, changed all fluids and had her running. Stopped her, changed all fluids again then ran her again. Now they are working to clean her cabin. The wife loved the boat and couldn't even see her on her side.