Any Divers Here In The Sacramento Area?

[olds]

Friend sunk his boat at Camp Far West in about 100' of water

 

[Beau]

I'm a diver, but not in Sacramento Wish I was.

100' boat recovery in northern cali is not gonna be a fun dive :Q, brrrrrr....

 

[olds]

The water is muddy from the rains, too.

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
The water is muddy from the rains, too.

ugh.

How'd he sink it?

Maybe borrow the delta submersible from Monterrey Bay

 

[notfred]

You might want to look in San Francisco, probably not a lot of divers in Sacramento.

 

[olds]

The handhole cover for the pump blew off when he nailed the throttle. Took less that 6 minutes to go down.

 

[PanzerIV]

Just out of curiosity how big of a boat are we talking here and estimated value?

 

[dquan97]

I'm in Sacramento, but no way am I going to swim in the freezing waters.

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
The handhole cover for the pump blew off when he nailed the throttle. Took less that 6 minutes to go down.

oh that sucks. hope everyone was ok.

 

[olds]

It was cold out so the boat going out to help had trouble getting started.
http://www.schoutenranch.com/miscgalaxie/fleet.wmv

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: PanzerIV
Just out of curiosity how big of a boat are we talking here and estimated value?

The boat is probably 20' and not worth the cost of recovery. But there are environmental issues to consider so we are going to recover it. I am leaving now.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Beau

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
The handhole cover for the pump blew off when he nailed the throttle. Took less that 6 minutes to go down.

oh that sucks. hope everyone was ok.

The owner was the only one in it

 

[PanzerIV]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: PanzerIV
Just out of curiosity how big of a boat are we talking here and estimated value?

The boat is probably 20' and not worth the cost of recovery. But there are environmental issues to consider so we are going to recover it. I am leaving now.

Good to know some people still care enough to think like that.

 

[olds]

They got the boat up. The intake for the pump cracked, that's what sunk it.
Crack
Hole

 

[flot]

Originally posted by: PanzerIV

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: PanzerIV
Just out of curiosity how big of a boat are we talking here and estimated value?

The boat is probably 20' and not worth the cost of recovery. But there are environmental issues to consider so we are going to recover it. I am leaving now.

Good to know some people still care enough to think like that.

So I don't know if it's true, but the rumor I've heard is that here in S. Florida if you sink a boat (Accidentally or not) and someone finds out (IE some diver stumbles across your boat later, or a news crew picks it up, etc) you are in major $$ trouble because of the environmental impact of gas oil etc leaking out. So I wouldn't *necessarily* assume his intentions are quite so noble.

 

[OrganizedChaos]

Originally posted by: flot

Originally posted by: PanzerIV

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: PanzerIV
Just out of curiosity how big of a boat are we talking here and estimated value?

The boat is probably 20' and not worth the cost of recovery. But there are environmental issues to consider so we are going to recover it. I am leaving now.

Good to know some people still care enough to think like that.

So I don't know if it's true, but the rumor I've heard is that here in S. Florida if you sink a boat (Accidentally or not) and someone finds out (IE some diver stumbles across your boat later, or a news crew picks it up, etc) you are in major $$ trouble because of the environmental impact of gas oil etc leaking out. So I wouldn't *necessarily* assume his intentions are quite so noble.

where does the burden of proof lie reguarding if fluids actually leaked