Sunken Boat Recovery: 43ft Cruiser in 150ft deep water

I like the video because its fast and does not plod along. Thanks.

Thank you for sharing that that was a really cool video!!

My friend and I recovered a really nice boat in Florida about 12 years ago. It was a 25' fiberglass that sank for unknown reasons since the body was 100%. It was in 55' of water. We showed up with a 23' fishing boat and dove down, drilled into 4 points where we attached inflatable bags, inflated and watched it go up 50' in about 3 minutes, as smooth as if it was flying. Once up, we attached 4 larger inflatables so that the boat was 2 inches out of the water. We pumped it out and towed it home.It took 3 hours total, using simple hand tools and a 5 hp Honda drain pump.

Always wondered how they recovered boats that big that sank. Great video.

Looks like a good days work. Good job, fellas!

Looking at the video again I also saw that the the bow keel was damaged. If this was the cause of the sinking then a temporary patch should have been placed to prevent water form continuing to enter the hull. or was this damage caused by the belt and lack of dunnage bags to protect, not allowing the heavy weight spread over a 4-5 inch wide belt or thin wire.

Wow that thing was messed up. Good job on the recovery.

Get some of that spray stuff that the guy on TV used to make a screen door into a boat. Worked well for him.

one thing i noticed is that both engines were in the full throttle position if you look at the controls. They were set in the forward position. Seems odd. The damage on the hull in front and the controls in the wide open seem like it hit something like rocks but doesnt seem to ne any around like i said just odd.

Cost of repair & salvage vs buying another boat?

For sale, like new, fresh paint, cleanest you'll find, previous light water damage from defective bilge pump. Won't last long, Call for price.

Look like a WILD weekend!!

"RAMMING SPEED!"

Sad, a total loss....

A very nice salvage operation to remove the wreck littering the seabed.

How long was that boat down there?

Did they fully drain the boat once out of water?

This was my uncle's boat. He loved it.

another boat bites the dust!

Why?