My boat sunk and I'm alive !

[Preacher2014]

Went out at my local honey hole yesterday and took off toward my favorite spot, running around 20mph and hit a hidden stump I didn't know was there and it put a hole the size of a softball in the front of my boat, turned on my sub pump and headed back I didn't make it ! Got within 300 yards of dock and she went down. Stuff floating everywhere me floating and had to swim back with the help of my mustang pfd, got to dock and a fisherman showed up and said your wet and I just look at him like really ? Anyway he took me out to retrieve what equipment I could find and marked where it's at. Called insurance got that taken care of and today a few of my friends and I will attempt to retrieve my batteries, trolling motor, and motor. Dave says we can but it's kinda shady to me it's in 6fow and muddy. Anyway I'm alive and what a deal.

[Polebender]

Glad you're okay. No flotation in the boat itself?

[Preacher2014]

Very little this was my old boat not my tracker, 1971 14ft flat bottom. We were talking about that why it didn't float. I don't care about the boat but all else I do, I put a new motor on it last year.

[slackline]

I am glad to hear you're ok. I hate to hear you sunk your boat.

Chris

[Lawnmowerman43]

Wow, what a day, but how did you do before it all went down south

["G"]

Wow....glad your alright

[dko]

Glad you got out and were not hurt. You can get more stuff.

[crp4570]

Glad it made it as close as it did and didn't sink/flip on the spot. Glad you made it to the bank.

[Mac Daddy]

I sank a boat in February 2002 it stayed under for 3 weeks, water was fairly clean at the time of the sinking, but we recovered it and it is running great today. I bought a gallon of WD40 (the WD stands for Water Displacement 40th formula) and just poured it through as I cranked it with the spark plugs out until I was certain all the water that could come out had come out. Put clean fuel in it and it fired right up, I let it run a long time and that's all I had to do. In my case the back of the boat went down first and the boat stayed with the nose up until I recovered it. That let air get trapped in the motor portion of the trolling motor. So when I turned the trolling motor up to drain any water out of it there basically wasn't any it. The trolling motor has never given me any issues since either. I'm glad it happened this time of the year for you instead of when it was 40 degrees out and the water was 43 degrees as it was in my case, because you would have never made it 300 yards or even 50 yards. It's a long story but it was only by the grace of our Lord that my friend and I survived. Apart from Him there was no one around to help us.

[slabbandit]

Glad to hear that your alright. Sorry about your boat.