Cold Water Salvage: Refloating a Sinking Boat During the Holidays | Salvage - 20ft Grady White
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- Опубліковано 6 січ 2024
- It’s never a good call to get that your boat is sinking, and it especially sucks when you’re out of town visiting family for the holidays. Unfortunately, that is what happened to the owner of this Grady White. Join me as I take a swim in 64-degree water to get the boat rigged up so I can refloat it and get the water pumped out, and then tow it to a haul-out facility where they’ll perform the repairs and get this boat back in working condition. Fortunately for the owner, he has hull insurance on the boat, so the cost of the salvage and the repairs will not be coming out of his pocket, but he will, unfortunately, be without a boat until the repairs are finished.
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It's every boat owner's nightmare, and it happened during the holidays! Join me in this heart-pounding adventure as I race against time to save a sinking Grady White while the owner is away visiting family. 🎄
😱 Imagine the shock of receiving that dreaded call - your boat is sinking! The stakes are high, but with determination and a little adrenaline, we're taking you behind the scenes of a real-life boat rescue.
💦 I don't just tell the story; I take a plunge into the chilly 64-degree water to get hands-on with the situation. Watch as I skillfully rig up the boat to refloat it and pump out the water, preparing it for the journey to a haul-out facility.
🔧 Once afloat, it's time for the tow! Join me as I navigate the waterways, hauling the distressed Grady White to a specialized facility where repairs will bring it back to life. 🛠️
🤑 Thankfully, the boat owner had the foresight to invest in hull insurance, sparing them from the financial burden of salvage and repairs. While insurance covers the costs, the unfortunate reality is the owner will be without their beloved boat until the repairs are completed.
🌊 Whether you're a seasoned boater, an adventure enthusiast, or just love gripping tales, this video is a must-watch! Hit that like button, subscribe for more maritime adventures, and let's dive into the world of towboat rescues together. 🌊⚓ #BoatRescue #TowboatOperation #MaritimeAdventures - Авто та транспорт
Besides the wetsuit the boss should buy you a couple of winches with remote control. You do amazing work!
Finally a nice long video. Would like to see the night salvage. Live in Memphis area and it's too cold up here now to boat. Helps seeing you guys still boating. Already looking forward to Spring.
I'll post it this week for you then!
I don't know how I got to this part of UA-cam, but I just watched a guy refloat a boat for an hour😂
Hahaha 😂
Welcome to my channel! I hope you enjoy the rest of my content 😁
Watched the entire video. You are far and away amazing at what you do! Incredible calmness, willing to do it all to get the job done. Total stud! Deserved a bigger tip though! :)
Haha. Thanks Silverstar! I definitely wasn't expecting a tip on a salvage, but it's always nice, even if it is only $20
Capt Ken , you amaze me every time, I so enjoy your video’s , you so cool and get the job done. Congratulations job well done 👍
Thanks Theo! I'm glad you've been enjoying these videos!
Old Long Nose Key 😂😂😂 where there's more money than brains 😂.
Nice job guys and hello all from Siesta Key Florida.
Lol 😂 Thanks Bill! I didn't know Longboat and Siesta were rivals...you should hear what they say about y'all 😂
I’m glad I found this channel! Awesome video bro
Thanks Mate! Glad you're enjoying my content!
Good job Ken you are truly amazing at your job
Thanks Theo!
Very interesting and informativa salvage job. Thanks for your video from Berlin.
Wow nice work Cap, never seen that done before...impressive
Thanks Vancity!
I find when using those cable pullers its best to hold on to the lever device and hook the cable end to something to pull the cable out. Another words the opposite of the way you did it. The lever device is cumbersome with all the levers you need to operate to extend the cable. Try it, it’s easier.
I'll try that next time!
The cable ones are crap , when I first found the chain one the cable went away
Awesome video buddy 👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thanks Iceman!
You are truly amazing. What a great video. Hats off to you.
Thanks Colin!
Outstanding job CAPT Ken. Ingenious use of simple hand tools to refloat a boat. Looking forward to seeing the night salvage video. Well done Sir…
Thanks lowrider!
Nice find
Very interesting Capt Ken 🇦🇺
Thanks Mate!
Yes definitely would like to see that video please thank you.
I think I will do that!
Awesome job
Thanks Mate!
I'm wondering is a block and tackle would have also worked, like used on a sailboat boom sheet. I've sued those to raise and lower my sailboat mast. Another point to use would have been the top of the piling, I suppose. Great job getting that boat out.
Need the ratcheting action of the comealong. I thought about going to the top of the piling, but decided i'd rather not find out the hard way if the strap would stay put or not 🤣
@@CaptKenO It should just fine if used in a choke around the piling. A short line with a eye at one end and a running bowline or a short strap will do the trick.
This was an awesome video. There is a lot of work refloating a submerged boat. Good job!
Thanks Samuel!
I'm from the North and 64 degree water sounds great
lol 😂 I'm sure it does...but the water here also gets into the low 90s in the summer, so it's pretty freaking cold comparatively!
Hey Capitan. So I was watching this video a little late as I just found your channel and I'm a new sub. You have fantastic content. So as I've been watching your videos, there's one thing I think you could use to help protect your vessel and the customers while using your come along. In the Trucking Industry we use a heavy duty plastic "Edge Protectors" to protect valuable cargo and to keep from tearing up our straps we use. They come in different widths and thickness, And sizes. And the best part about them is,THEY FLOAT. Another trick we use with those come along's. Don't leave the cable spooled on them when not in use. Yes they take up more room,But they're easier to grab and spray with a lubricant like WD-40 when you need them and start cranking. Then pull the cable back out and apply lubricant again to them a store them back in there totes or containers. We use them when we can't get a tow vehicle back into remote area's to recover ATV's and Side By Sides, I can only imagine how that salt water eats way at them if you don't protect them and wash them off and spray them down with lubricant. We buy a lot of towing gear from a local company called "MyTee Products" In Aurora, Ohio. They sell those edge protectors i was speaking off.
Thanks pyle! I'll look into it!
Great job dude;
Thanks Kenneth!
Hi cool vid just a thought When your attaching the hooks to the back of the boat put a shackle on first then attach hooks to that you should have more room for hooks. also you needed to get higher purchase for lift you could wrap short yellow strap further up the post and choke it and attach it to the come along then to the boat 😁 keep up the good work from the uk
The hooks don't fit on the shackles...and a smaller shackle wouldn't be any better than the D rings already on the boat
I work at Cannons! Always have been waiting to see us on a video! (Obviously not a good thing, but still cool)
You guys are awesome! You are one of the few marinas that have staff come meet us when bringing a boat in, and while not needed here since it's an easy dock and small boats, it's always appreciated!
As far as being in a video...well, it's not you breaking down and I'm bringing customers to you...so I see it as a good thing! 🤣
@@CaptKenO that’s awesome to hear. We try to catch every boat!
Well, without fail you have... Except for the couple I've done at night after hours 😂
Great job,lets see the night time recovery
Thanks Jay! I'll post it this week!
Man I'm so glad it's not just me that has problems with them come along's.
Hahaha. Nope. It's the damn wire that's the problem. I'm sure someone somewhere has a synthetic rope comalong, and that would make it so much easier to use
If you hook the cable end of the com-along to the cleat, and pull the winch end, its a lot easier to hold the latch. And it keeps your hands off the cable which will rip at your fingers anytime it can.
Thanks for the advice. I'll try that out next time
So I'm guess a cover over the bilge would have helped? They must have had a lot of rain! Poor Yamaha! The garbage can looks like a much better container for the line.
That Yamaha will run again
I think it was a combo of rain and maybe the boat getting caught under the dock. I only saw the aftermath, so can't say for sure
I'm sure it will...just probably not on this boat. But i'd bet it gets sold for cheap and someone will rebuild it
Should have been a 100 dollar tip. Well done.
For what we make on salvages, I don't mind not getting tipped, so the fact I got anything was very nice!
Awesome job! BTW, Manatees dont even like 64'f :)
Thanks Tom! Nope. The manatees are smart enough to go find warmer water 😁
Really enjoy this channel. You do great work. On this video, I was curious as to how the filled and sank. Was there a storm? Keep up the great work, and stay safe.
Thanks salty! Best we can figure is it got caught under the dock at low tide
Good video! Question; what is the orange extension cord running overhead your stern and running towards the dock?
Thanks Rick! That was a charger for the camera I put on the boat...didn't matter since the SD card got corrupted...but the camera will only run for about an hour on its internal battery
Nice to see a basic recovery and pump out, once you had it floating above the waterline could you have powered the onboard bilge pump from your boat?? And would a small drag (perhaps a couple of bath towels tied off the motor with a short rope) keep the stern from dancing around???
I wouldn't trust the electrical system on that boat not to have a short and cause issues on my boat.
The boat tracked fine once I got to open water...it was hard to tell from the video since it was just facing backwards, but I had to do quite a bit of maneuvering in that canal which is what caused the boat to fishtail everywhere. Yes some sort of drag would've helped a bit, but not a whole lot
Saw the cat amazing work
Thanks Daniel!
That was just water running out of the fish boxes in the bow
I realized that after...It just seemed like it was more force than gravity alone at the time
Go ahead and post night one. I am from the Midwest. Even our swimming pools don’t get to 90. My jacuzzi stays at 103 this time of year. Are there peacock bass in those canals? Only been down there 2 times
Haha. I'm from New England, so our pools were heated to low 80s.
I've been editing the night one for the last couple of days, so it'll be out Sunday.
Not sure about the bass, but I've never heard anyone talk about them, so I'd say no
Pads for the gunnel tops and carry you some WD 40 for the come along , especially working in salt water.other than that a good job getting that boat refloated.
I talked to my boss afterwards about gunnel protection just for this kinda situation...we'll be doing something when this boat come out for it's major servicing later this spring
i adjust you get diving suit that way you dont have to worry about being freezing make sure it 4 or 6 layer not 1 or 2 it too thin easy get cold
i used to work with few company pull out sinken boat going 100ft deep
I get cold easily...I'd need a dry suite if diving for long in these temps
@@CaptKenO it can keep you warm on boat without needing a jacket at all it could make your jobs easy
i wear two different suits for subdiving one 2 layer for summer and other one is 6 layer for winter (water was below 30f never feel cold aging)
That was awesome... but $20? Come on dude, he even had to dive under your boat, LOL
We usually don't get tipped on salvage work which is ok...We make really really good money on these types of jobs...so I was perfectly happy to get $20 from this guy
@@CaptKenOid have given you at least a couple hundred Bucks!
How did it sink in the first place, did he touch Botton and the damage allow seawater in or a thru hull fitting or plumbing -hose failed? I didn’t see any reason, a wet suit be nice for 16* water Celsius. Boats are fun
Guessing rain and getting caught under the dock at low tide...but not sure
Oh Boy 😮
I'm sure the owner used some more colorful words when he first saw his boat 😂
Audio was not very good until the end of the video. Was a wee bit boring, so I fast forwarded to see the conclusion. Good save! Wonder what the degree of damages were to this boat?
It'll need a new engine, batteries, and possibly new wiring. As far as the hull, no damage
That was a great video. It made me nervous there at the end. You really shouldn't go so fast when you are towing someone like that....
Thanks Mate! I was towing at a perfectly safe speed. Curious though. How fast do you think I was going?
at the end you were really going fast 20 kts??
@@tropicrec when I was towing? I was going 5-7kts
What's the red wire red line going from the top of the boat
That was a usb cable to charge the camera I put on there...but the camera decided to act up and corrupt the SD card so didn't have any footage from that camera 😭
Did you grab your transom plugs before you left??
Yes I did
I do marine electrical work on the side, often for fisherman friends of mine, who almost always make it painful. Despite providing free labor and materials, they decide they're also going to do electrical work, while I'm there - A: to pick free supplies, and B: to boost their ego. Twice, I have warned the "captain" about their F-ed up washdown pump install : Uncovered, upside-down switch, bad location, wired direct to the battery. Two clear warnings, two boats sunk - one 4 days later, the other 2 months later. First thing I do now, is properly install the WD pump circuit, or I walk. P.S. Guess who gets the finger pointed at him afterwards ?
I see nothing wrong with any of that... 😬😂
I hope i never have to find out but I wonder how much something like this costs?
For this particular job...$5k
What was wrong with the hull/why did it sink in the first place?
Nothing was wrong with it and not sure exactly why it sunk. I'm guessing a mixture of rain and getting caught under the dock at low tide
@@CaptKenO Ah, thanks.
Hmm why where all the inspection covers off 🧐 and notice how he asked if the motor was submerged as well… bet it had good insurance
He had insurance, but still had to pay a good amount out of pocket. Inspection plate were off because they were the crappy press fit ones and didn't fit great, so when the boat sunk, they just popped out
@@CaptKenO gotcha gotcha, almost looked like one of those “accidental” sinkings
just a suggestion how about a 4 part rope hoist those junk china hoist have no business around brackish water and they are a pain to use and how about a truck tube inflated around outboard motor to help seal the transom and add about 500 pounds of lift just trying to be helpful
Need the ratcheting action of the comalong. If we needed lift, we have lift bags that are specifically designed for that application
How much does something like that cost, I know insurance pays but sea tow would charge 4 grand for that
I can't disclose our actual rate since it varies a bit depending on the job... But like us, Seatow calculates the cost per foot of boat length. I know their rates are similar to ours, so all I'll say is this job was more than $5k, but that also included the tow to the haul out
Post the night one
Will do!
These come alongs are a pita, ever consider an electric winch?
Comalongs are the best for most situations. I have a winch for long pulls like if a boat is capsized, but it's more of a pain in the ass than a comalong for most of these jobs
Aren’t those power anchor poles, they should lift the stern out of the water if it’s not too deep
That wouldn't work for two reasons. One, there's no power. And two, even if there was, by its very nature, the power pole is designed to push into the bottom, not off of it, so it wouldn't be able to lift the boat
I also realized there was only 1.
How does a self-bailing boat like that Grady, sink?
Fill up a bilge with no working bilge pump and self bailing won't save it
Im guessing he tied up at high tide and the lines had no slack when the tide went out?
No, that would cause the lines to break, not sink the boat. I think it was a combination of rain and the boat getting caught under the dock at low tide
@CaptKenO No, many years ago when I was younger we did that exact thing not knowing. Tied it up to a fixed jetty like that, tide went out and hung up one side to the dock and put the other side under the water sinking half the boat and leaving the other half hanging up in the air. That was a long night haha
@CaptKenO Also, just watching him with those lines tells me he doesn't know how to tie off a boat properly. Just my observations though
Why did sink in the first place?
Likely got caught under the dock at low tide
Excuse my ignorance,but aren’t there alligators in these waters?
Generally not. They don't particularly like salty water
Did the doat become yours since you salvaged it as you mentioned just a $ 20.00 tip ?
No. The tip has nothing to do with it. We don't want the boat, so we only do the job if we're getting paid, either by the boat owner directly or through their insurance.
@@CaptKenO so the boat owner or the ins. Co. Is paying you and the owner will get it repaired or the ins will pay the owner and total the boat .
@rodwilliams2782 Pretty much. The insurance company will pay us for the salvage work, and then work with the repair facility to figure out the cost of the repairs and decide if they'll total the boat. If they don't total it, they'll pay for the repairs minus the owners deductible
The motor will be fine with a little work, the electric panel will have to be replaced, new gas filters, change oil and filters, flush motor , change plugs, gas will have to be drained and water out of tank, battery checked live well pumps and bilge pumps checked if someone did this himself no problem , but once you go to mechanic then electrician then environmental inspector, then adjuster, then salvager, then upholstery, then chart plotter , instruments, ignition, it’s a total. That’s why insurance is so high a $1000 dollar repaid cost $50,000
@@mike-vw1zn it'd cost more than $1k just to have the mechanic pickle the engine and get it running again, and forgetting all the other electrical systems that got wet. I know what the boat was insured for, and I wouldn't be surprised if they total the boat
Could've you choked your sling on the piling up higher rather than pull on palm tree?
The strap wouldn't fit though it's loops, so no way to choke it up unfortunately 😒
I see the words Salvage or Recover used for boats. So salvage means the boat is scrap and belongs to you now?
Not necessarily scrap...most of what we deal with has the potential to be R&Rd, but insurance could also total it if the repair costs are too high. We don't want the boat, so we only do jobs where we get paid, either directly by the owner or through their insurance
mopping the deck on a sunken boat...
It's his boat, so might as well before it dries on there 🤷♂️
Bad design notch transom always have issues with water getting in
100% agree. Unfortunately for boat owners, there's a lot of boat designs like this...but on the other hand, it also makes me money 🤔
$20 WOW
Wow what?
A $20 tip?? Really? What a tightwad.
We usually don't get tipped on salvage work which is ok...We make really really good money on these types of jobs...so I was perfectly happy to get $20 from this guy
Being from the pacific northwest. I don't consider this cold water
Being from the northeast I wouldn't either...but I've grown accustomed to the warmer water after living in FL for over a decade now 😂
I can your helpers not much help
I don't understand what you're trying to say here...
Aren't those foam filled boats? Couldnt you have just cut the dock lines and pumped it out?
Not foam filled...and with it sitting below the water, how would you pump it out?
@@CaptKenO I just remember the commercials from back in the day. Boston, Grady and other manufactures started using foam at one point. I guess this one wasnt. ua-cam.com/video/tIoT4Ys9PLk/v-deo.html
why cant they just do it themselfs it doesn't appear to be really sunk just raise one side pump ? i can't image how much you're company charges
Same reason you pay anyone to do work. You don't have the desire/time/skills/equipment to do
the work yourself
not trying yo be mean or critical but this looks like your first day , all your equipment looks brand new , except the boat , no stains on the straps no rust on the junk come a longs
It's called replacing equipment when it gets old and worn 😉
those straps looked too new , and those shit come a longs are garbage , get the cast ones@@CaptKenO
@@ericvaughn8741 they were almost brand new. I think we opened the package like 2 weeks before
20 dollars come on
More would've been nice...but that was actually only the 2nd salvage I've done where I got a tip, so it was appreciated