[Rhodes22-list] Washington Sailing Marina

[mputnam1 at aol.com]

My boat is at the Washington Sailing Marina and it did not go down.  I asked the guys there about the storm-pushing-the-water-out theory, and they assured me that did not happen. They report that all of the boats that sank were overloaded with wet snow, began listing to one side, took on water and went down.

Mark P.



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Sent: Mon, Mar 8, 2010 6:25 am
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Washington Sailing Marina


Stan,
've been wondering about this ever since it was posted that the boats went 
down. The only thing that makes sense to me is that this is a shallow 
arina and  the storm pushed the water out, allowing the boats to reach the 
ottom. Boats  without positive flotation didn't have a chance and probably 
illed with water  as the water came back in. The Rhodes had the best chance of 
urvivability  because of the flotation. It was probably filled with water 
nd mud, but still  floating as the water returned.
everal sailboats were laid over on Lake Hartwell when the water went down  
aster than the owners could move them. When the water level came back up, 
any  of these boats simply filled with water and laid on the bottom waiting 
or  someone to raise them. Attached is a photo of a San Juan 25 that was 
aised  recently. It sat on the bottom for about nine months before the owner 
ad her  raised.

ummy


n a message dated 3/7/2010 1:16:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
tan at rhodes22.com writes:
Dave,
I have not had a clear picture of what  happened.   Were all boats 
ompletely 
nder water or were parts  of the decks (other than the masts) still above 
ater  level?
stan/gbi

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