Resurrecting My Sunken Yacht - Here's Everything That Broke When My Yacht SANK!

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For the love of all things put seacocks on the raw water intakes!

I’m in the maritime industry and I share many commenters concerns about your interior. The wood will not ‘come back’. If you want any type of resale value on a boat of this quality do it right and replace wood. I’m even more concerned if your boat has wood stringers and bulkheads. Any where screws have penetrated the fiberglass/wood stringers or bulkheads for purpose of attaching hoses, clamps, etc the wood wicks the water and it’s trapped by the overlay of fiberglass and no amount of dehumidifying will suck the water out. Now for the coup de grace, two things kill boats, water ingress or fire. Wire looms on a sunken boats, old boats tend to corrode which causes electrical resistance, which manifest itself as heat. Melting wires, shorts in wire looms, possible fire. Now parting thought, while I admire your work and its entertainment value what happens when you try to sell your boat? You have a well documented video series of cool engine rebuilds and DIY ‘fixes’ and a sinking. Try to get that past a marine surveyor without proper marine rebuild documentation……not gonna happen. The boat then becomes very devalued or unsaleable. Jon Fife/Fife Maritime

The plywood in your electrical panel doors is delaminating. Water intrusion is rotting the wood. The veneer on your wall panels is also delaminating -- water has intruded between the plywood backing and the veneer. Nicest solution would be to strip off the veneer and glue new wood veneer on, using a rich wood burl veneer. Amazed how much stuff survived the sinking.

You should plan to treat this like a house that has been flooded. Take all of the inside woodwork out, treat for mold, and the rebuild the interior. Just trying to do a superficial 'drying' and paint over the interior will likely lead to a whole bunch of mold buildup inside, under and behind cabinets and walls.

Both of the JVC radios have a 10 amp fuse in the back of them. The wiring harness covers the fuse when it is plugged in. You may just need to replace the fuse.

:yt:If you're serious about saving this boat, you need to haul out your boat to the ground, heat and air out by using industrial blowers to blow everywhere for 1 week straight (none stop) and dehumidifier. The longer you wait the bigger mold problems you'll get in between the walls of your boat. Been there done that.

I’m a woodworker. Yep you can paint plastic. Clean it with rubbing alcohol. I recommend an adhesion promoter first then a good paint for plastic. The cabin doors need to be sanded lightly and stained. Any good clear finish will work - I like Deft. The sodden wood will likely need to be replaced I’ve never seen anything that saturated come back. I live about ten hours south of you - if you need help just holler.

Hey buddy John from Central Tx SeaTow again, be prepared for issues with v drive transmission. Once water gets inside them it “generally” trashes the clutches. We do salvages/recoveries on the regular and anytime we get a boat with v drives and water got inside it they’re just cores for new ones. You might get lucky, but dont get discouraged if they don’t come back. I’m actually really shocked at how well you’re getting this boat back.

A couple things coming from a boater: 1.) The blowers will fail again, go ahead and replace them. 2.) Make sure to add or fix your seacocks, a must, check the one running to your cruise air as well. 3.) Make sure you left access to the strainers and they aren't mounted too low. 4.) Need a two way backflow preventer as well. 5.) Not sure if you have addressed your main fuel system, I might have missed if you did. 6.) Clean the bilge and under bilge pumps. 7.) Not much to do with the flood but check your shaft seals.

Like others have said, through hulls. They should be on ANY fitting that is open to the water. Those screens can be repaired, although finding a replacement screen may be difficult. Ozone generator for the interior. DO NOT be in the space that the ozone gen is operating in and ensure to ventilate after it has been used prior to occupying the space. The wood is dunzo. It will come to pieces over time. I've done enough flood/water damage repair to know water is the worst damage to repair. You see what you think is no damage, then in six months, damage. Gel Coat may be an option. Love the content!

17:53 NO! Those bilge pumps don't have anything like the capacity to pump out from a busted raw water hose!!

A couple of quick suggestions guys. Double clamping is a necessity and you've got that down however, you need to reverse each second clamp so that hose is evenly pinched to fitting on both sides. You definitely need some readily accessible seacocks for those raw water intakes too.

I’m certified in water damage remediation. Your inside is screwed. It’s going to be mold central.

What do you call a 30 year old Italian yacht after it has sunk ? Junk ! 😂

As someone who has salvaged several boats in Alaska i recommend also that you have a set of keys for the boat hidden on board. It can save your boat if you get into a similar situation and the marina has knowledge of where they are. I have been able to prevent a total loss situation for 3 owners who were miles away but had keys onboard so we were able to run the boat aground to prevent the boat from sinking completely. You got lucky in that your boat was in fresh water in a river because if it was saltwater everything would be destroyed.

As a Florida state certified mold Remediator and Assessor with 20 years in the water damage industry. All of those materials with the amount of water they took….. trashed. It’s not the outside of the material you’re worried about, it’s what’s inside now. Dehus will only do so much with that amount of moisture. I’d love to assist as much as possible.

I'd advise you to tow it to deep water and re sink it.

It's essentially laminate. Formica is just a brand. My company sells Wilsonart laminate and you can cut it to size and glue it back on. There are many different colors and designs to choose from, including custom designs. You've got the skill to do an easy fix like this. Good luck

Hell yeah! I'd love to see a from scratch boat build.