70 Hatteras Sinks

[dottieshusband]

Middle Bass Island, Lake Erie.
https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/...le-bass-island

[doc g]

It’s a newer 75 sport deck ! Weather ??? ……Pat

[Sadey]

Comments say anchor broke free and loss of power.

[rustybucket]

That sucks, hate it for all involved. Would love to hear the whole story so we could all learn from it.

[Pascal]

What a shame... another article said loss of power and anchor didn’t set. Looking at the weather you can tell getting a good set would have be tricky without a lot of scope.

[jjtoma]

Following up;

Anyone have more information about the accident

Which 75' was it. (29 hulls were produced from 2000-2005)

Thanks:

[Stripes]

The story around here is that they ran out of fuel in the tank/s they were using while underway and when they switched the valve to the other tank/s they apparently got airlock and lost power and drifted into the rocks which punched a hole in the hull causing it to sink.

The boat was sealed, pumped out and then raised out of the water and towed to a yard in Sandusky where the insurance company supposedly totaled the boat.

The owners are currently shopping for a newer & bigger Hatt.

We've docked near that boat several times at the Crew's Nest at PIB(Put-in-Bay), it was a nice one.

I'll try to find and post links of the story here later. I forgot about this...

[SEVEN]

Good reason to add auxiliary fuel pump.

[Captain Ralph]

Good reason to add auxiliary fuel pump.

I would guess well that they had a priming pump on a Hatt that sized and age.
I look forward to any updates on the story also. I am feared it was a SFB event.

[Sadey]

Is that doodoo for brains? Sorry for my ignorance.