Hull Trauma

[67hat34c]

To get a good idea how some boats are made, go to usauctions.com and look at the wrecks. note the bayliner 47 and the searay 35, both hit something at higher speeds and pushed both struts throught the hull. there is also a hatteras 42LRC that wound up on a jetty, holed and sunk. very interesting to look at these photos. by the way the LRC looks salvagable.

 

[Liquid Asset]

That Hatteras left out of the marina across from where our boat is. That guy should have never left in any boat. He was not paying attention and got over on the rocks, which pulled the Stabilizer from the hull. A shame.

 

[67hat34c]

How in the world do you end up on the rocks in the stuart inlet? i have been in and out of that over the last 3 yrs, nothing special about it.

 

[Boss Lady]

Just be glad he is not an airline pilot, with you on board.

 

[67hat34c]

I was hopeing some of you would review the stuff on USAUCTIONS.COM and comment on a few things.
First it appears that sinking for some of these could have been prevented by shoring the holes. That got me to thinking, how many of us actualy have a shoring plan? I know I do not. also would think that some of us may have alot of stuff stored below deck and it would be very difficult to get to a damaged area in enough time to do something about it.

Secondly I noted the boats with struts pushed throught the hull. Would this happen to a Hatteras? I dont know but I remember a college friend back in the early 80's that had a Bertram 38 that hit the bottom of the Ft. Lauderdale inlet at low tide during a storm. it pushed the running gear on one side flat against the hull and damaged the other side a little, however they were able to limp home on the working side. From what i remember there was no hull damage but the v strut was flat as well as the prop , bent shafts etc. granted they hit soft sand and not rocks.

 

[captddis]

Unlikely to rip the runnung gear out of a Hatt or Bert. I have some hellacious damage to running gear on these boats and rarely any hull damage.
I was told by a knowledgeable surveyor that the boats with prop pockets usually put the struts through the bottom, and from what I see around I would agree.

 

[thoward]

We have a raw water bypass in case of a big hole. I was thinking the other night about the boat that sunk in the fishing tourney and decided to see if a air drill will work under water. If anyone knows the answer please let me know before I ruin my drill.

I have bought 2 boats off usauctions including my 60' Hatt. Now nothing against the previous owners but both boats just happened to be for sale at the time of the insurance claim. Kind of makes you think.......

 

[Genesis]

An air drill will work just fine underwater. Indeed, essentially all air tools will. They need to be flushed in fresh water and then oil immediately after use if you care about them working a SECOND TIME a week or month later, but yes, if you need to use a drill or other air tool to install shoring underwater, it WILL work just fine.

I've used a 4" air-driven angle grinder underwater while diving, and I know someone who has used an air chisel as well. Both driven off a slung tank of air for just that purpose.... I'll let you figure out what I might have been doing with it.....

 

[67hat34c]

i was thinking of the same get up for cleaning underwater gear.

using air drill with wood and deck screws to patch hull would be the way to go, guessing that is how the salvage guys do it. wonder if ss deck screws with drill head would work? hull most likely too hard and would need pilot hole anyhow.

 

[jim rosenthal]

After Hurricane Katrina, we noticed that a lot of identifiable boats that were trashed in the storms had been for sale before the hurricane. I asked BoatUS about this, and they answered, but not to my satisfaction. I still think that some boats were deliberately left in the path of the storm in order that they would sink or be irreparably damaged and thus the insurance companies would end up with the bill. And by extension, you and me.

 

[Genesis]

Happens all the time. I know of several around here that Ivan got, and there's simply no interest on the part of the insurance companies in going after this.

However, I have noticed one thing - some companies are now refusing to write if you have the boat for sale. Now this doesn't really protect them in that you can renew and THEN decide to sell (no fraud; it wasn't for sale when you took the policy) BUT if its for sale for more than a year, you suddenly have a problem......

 

[garyd]

When Hurricane Andrew hit there were more boats going towards the eye of the storm than away from it. LOL

Have fun boating. garyd

 

[egaito]

An air drill will work just fine underwater. Indeed, essentially all air tools will. They need to be flushed in fresh water and then oil immediately after use if you care about them working a SECOND TIME a week or month later, but yes, if you need to use a drill or other air tool to install shoring underwater, it WILL work just fine...

Heck, if I needed to use an air drill underwater to patch a hull, and it worked one time, I'd be happy to buy another one later!