18 seacraft - rescue in Vineyard Sound.

[Bigshrimpin]

Yikes!

http://videos.tout.com/dry/mp4/59ad349754c437a7.mp4

[kmoose]

So many ways to unswamp a boat in that condition but when you add panic it all goes south from there. If someone doesn't get to that before it rolls it will be a difficult salvage. The SeaCraft haters are going to love this.

[thehermit]

would be nice to know what happened?!?! Also very nice to see everyone is OK.

[Bigshrimpin]

It's a good reminder to double check and recaulk any thru hull fittings with 5200. The 18 seacraft splashwell and bilge access is terrible. IMO it could be fixed easily with a molded splashwell piece rather than a splash gate. Maybe shine could add this to his seacraft parts.

JJ - There's some commentary in the audio where he says the motor died and the bilge pump "let go" and something about "gas" towards the end.

[flyingfrizzle]

Thank GOD some one was there to pick them up, such a bad feeling. I had about the same mess in a 22' mitch craft one time about 10 years ago. The hull bottom split by the stringer edge from a gas tank foam breaking loose from the tank pounding the hull bottom. Shit happens fast, before I knew it I was 3 miles out in the 7 mile river crossing in 3 foot chop sinking. Thank God the hull was foam filled under the floor. In about the same condition swamped like the one in the video I was lucky not to stall the motor and lucky the battery was in a sealed cooler section away from shorting out. I went slow as possible all the way to the ramp and it sat bottom on the ramp bottom while I was backing the trailer down. Even had a few a holes pass by swamping the boat worse not bothering to help. Needles to say a bad deal. Broke trailer springs from the weight, all tires looked flat and it took several hours for the water to drain before I could pull home. It always pays to have bilge alarms and take a look in the deck hatches once in a while....

[kmoose]

High water alarms are cheap insurance for a boat of any size. Aside from a good thirsty mate I keep a very large bilge pump stowed away with a pre-attached big hose and gator clips on the leads.

I'm glad they had assistance to get off and all is good but this should remind everyone to think about what they would do in a similar situation. I have been in some hairy situations taking on water two separate times in commercial boats. Fortunately the captains in both situations had procedures in place that turned absolute calamity into a close call. It was a tough way to learn but it has provided great reference in how I stay prepared and how I do my best to keep such from occurring.

[FishStretcher]

I heard most of this on the VHF if this was the gentleman in Quicks Hole. He called it a 19.
It would seem that on July 3, Quicks should have been a parking lot. Full of boats.

But he was not giving out any helpful information for quite a long time. Nor listening to direction from the USCG. It was extremely frustrating to listen to.

Example: a request for a location was answered as "near that island by the sailboats". This sort of thing went on for a while.

I ran out of VHF range as the Coast Guard finally managed to get a location out of him. I suspect just standing, waving arms and yelling would have worked well. Or a flare or horn.

Glad they are OK.

[Capt Chuck]

Nice to see them wearing Ski Type life jackets offshore , lucky group

[bumpdraft]

So after he got out, it looked like the boat was floating again and they just left it?

[NoBones]

Sad part is morons like this are breathing our air.....