Sunken boat project.

Both my previous boats had sunk and been raised and refitted before I bought them, but they were teak built sailing boats with minimal electrical equipment. I took the view that a boat that had tried it once would not want to do it again and this proved correct.

On a larger scale, I was responsible for this one at her P&I Club…she capsized and sank while trying to lift a big item in New Orleans because the shippers had under stated the weight - basically my job was to get the wreck cleared as she was obstructing the fairway, and the easy way to do that was to raise her and refloat her and sell the wreck for scrap by sealed tender… but she wasn’t finished!

Before her little mishap:

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Halfway up again:IMG_0163.jpeg

afloat again…
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And back in business!
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So it can be done!

The trick was that she sank in fresh water (in the Mississippi at New Orleans) and the people who bought her had worked out that the cost of the refit at a US yard would qualify her for the Jones Act under US flag, (she had been built in Holland and was flying the Dutch flag when she went for her swim) so they got the only US flag heavy lift ship and lots of lovely Government contracts!
 
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The engine was immersed for a while.

I know the previous owner and sequence of events following the dunking.

It's the same engine.

The previous owners outboard guy took immediate action and the engine was run up shortly afterwards.

Yes, a few hours in the 5 year period, but it has a full service history.

And much better than sitting around for weeks until used in my opinion.

Cambridge outboards often advertise Honda's with 5,000 hrs on them so I'm not concerned when the engine is approaching 10% of it's usefulife.

Maintenance and operation is the key to longevity ( just like humans!).
I would advertise the boat with the new engine at the asking price you want....if a punter tries to beat you down on the price...say, I can offer it cheaper with the original engine...your choice...and see what he says
 
Someone who actually enjoys boating and has the time and resources to support it....

22ft actually.

The previous owner and I, facilitate an annual boat rally in Torquay on the late May bank holiday.

Add in various other mini meets brings the total hours above the average 50 hours for a leisure boat.
Hamble to Torquay must be a fair old voyage in a boat of that size.
 
Hamble to Torquay must be a fair old voyage in a boat of that size.

Knocking 100 miles if going directly across Lyme Bay.

Done it before in a 690 Saver (profile photo).

My brother will accompany me in his 17ft Maxum with his new outboard.

Only if the forecast is good.

We'll probably do fast cruising around 25 knots where possible.
 
Knocking 100 miles if going directly across Lyme Bay.

Done it before in a 690 Saver (profile photo).

My brother will accompany me in his 17ft Maxum with his new outboard.

Only if the forecast is good.

We'll probably do fast cruising around 25 knots where possible.
How much fuel can you carry? In terms of distance at that speed, I mean.
 
How much fuel can you carry? In terms of distance at that speed, I mean.

My brother's has an 83 litre tank with a new Tohstsu 100.

My AMT has a 140 litre tank and Honda 150.

Burn rate for me is around 22 litres/hr @ 20 knots so theoretical range about 120 miles.

We'll top up at Portland so full tanks across the bay.

I have a 10 litre reserve tank plus I may take 20 litres as a contingency.

Although I'm considering taking the Ocean master which has a 210 litre tank and Honda 200.

Either way an adventure!

Edit, At 25 knots the AMT burns around 25 litres/hour.

I've not done a fuel burn curve yet.

Data is sent to the chart plotter via n2k so I can easily create one
 
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