Excellent explanation gentlemen! I never knew there were so many variables in the equation. Having never dealt with a sunken boat and under...
Never did get my question answered. How much flotation is required to get a 5500 pound to the surface? Someone that said a submerged boat weighs...
It would have been nice to have saved the mast and the stern pulpit, but unfortunately both were damaged. We saved the lead ballast (2200 lbs) and...
[ATTACH] Not a happy ending, but it’s out of the slip. You can see the source of the sinking. A 2” split in the keel about 12 inches forward of...
Got it out of the water today. 13,000 pound excavator tied onto it and dragged it ashore, Total loss.
Tied to 2 pilings. Stern lines only. These will need to be cut. She is resting on top of the collapsed dock, so the the stern at least is not in...
Visibility 1 to2 feet. I have a nephew that’s a diver but he’s working in Texas right now. Harbormaster wants the boat removed by this weekend.
Photos: before and after.
Not sure where the water entered The bow was floating and the stern was on the pier. When the pier gave way the boat went down with it. Listing...
The boat is in a slip in 6 feet of water. The main hatch is exposed at low tide. I need to get it off the bottom to move it to the launch ramp...
I have an Irwin 25 that sunk during Hurricane Laura. Displaces 5500 lbs. How much flotation will be needed to raise it off the bottom for towing...
Picked up an abandoned Irwin 25 from the local yacht for $50.00 Needs replacement of the port side bulkhead by way of the chainplates, and some...
I like it. The rig might be more practical if we left the mainmast fore and aft rigged. It would then essentially be a topsail schooner. As you...
Great advice Paul, and a reminder of what can happen if all the bases aren't covered. Precisely why guys like me should defer to guys like you...
I have attached a sketch of a version with a taller, larger rig with topmasts, 2 headsails, 2 staysails, and a larger square fore topsail. This...
Gorgeous schooner Paul! Very classy and the draft is just right for our lake. Sparred length would be around 30', right? Is that an outboard or a...
With the CD22 launched and sailing, and the PY23 well on the way, I been brainstorming our next project boat. I've attached a sketch of a...
Work continuing on the PY23. The wooden rudder head and tiller were toast so I laminated a new rudder head from two pieces of MDO plywood to...
When gutting a 1965 Ensign for rebuild, I kept seeing purple powder when grinding down the fillets that were left after the rotten wood came out....
I wonder if the 18 ft. restriction is waterline length, length on deck, or length overall. I could see him retracting the bowsprit when...
