Posted: October 13 2010 at 23:32 | IP Logged

Hey all

My Daytona sank in about 4 feet of fresh water today moored at the slip,, combination major rain storms lately and a faulty shifter bellow with a tear and the poor bilge pumps worked overtime and killed the batteries. the twin Merc's were submerged completely ,  about a foot and half water in the aft cabin and a foot of water up into the v berth on the cabin sole.

My insurance covers everything thankfully.. My question is , should I allow them to clean the interior as they want or insist  that they strip it out ie: carpet, teak , leather on the walls where it contacted the water etc.. the engines were pickled right as it came out this morning   and they are changing the starters, alternators gimball bearings etc....  But,, I worry about problems developing down the road with mold, rust in electric connctions, wood rot etc etc..  I would prefer they call it a loss and we change boats--- but then again I would in turn buy somebodys used and maybe neglected ride and mine wil have all new or refurbished mechanical components and probably run better than it ever did ????

Thanks guys

Posted: October 14 2010 at 14:49 | IP Logged

Hi Mossin

Thanks for the reply,, that is what I was thinking too.. glad to hear I am not crazy with my concerns.I never thought about he forward bilge not having access, good point, Thanks

Posted: October 14 2010 at 18:33 | IP Logged

sorry to hear this--SUX!

did you ever notice the bilge pumps kinda running a bit too much? (considering the shift bellow)

how long was it since the last time you checked on it?

wow--real bummer.

i'd rebuild. too hard to replace at the cost of similar vesels. this is the notion that i come away with after every boat show i attend.

Posted: October 14 2010 at 20:29 | IP Logged

Hi Chuck

Yeah the bilge pumps started working a little overtime as of late but nothing excessive. My mecahnic was informed and decidedto remove the boat early this year to fixit and prevent any problems,,lttle too late for that though.

I had checked on it Saturday night and by Wednesday evening it was under water. Now I am fighting with my insurance about stripping the whole interior as I went today and the stench  is just horrible, mold is apparently already forming. they have not even moved yet on drying her out....

I agree the price of a new boat is too much but Iwould rather get atotal loss declared and find another good used boat then to dealwith problems every time we are out because of wood rot,mold and electrical problems that will creep up.

Posted: November 19 2010 at 14:57 | IP Logged

Hey guys

Boat is coming out of the shop mid next week and going into winter storage. Interior completely stripped and redone along with all the v-berth cushions.

Mechanics will be completed through the winter in my warehouse and she will be as good as new come spring ( actually better than it was before going under ) . Hope everyone has a good off season and already looking forward to getting back out on the water...

Posted: November 21 2010 at 07:02 | IP Logged

Great news. TAKE PICS and keep us posted along the way.