Hi all,
Today whilst moving between fishing spots in the Mooloola river I ran aground on unmarked submerged rocks. My friend and I were thrown through the windscreen, which was completely torn from the hull, the boat now has a large 9"x4" or so chunk of damage in the bow which caused the boat to take on water quite fast, though we did manage to get her back to the ramp.
I have traveled through that section of the river many times before at all sorts of tide levels without any problems or indication of running aground, so I didn't expect to hit anything today. I thought perhaps we hit some sand, but my friend hopped out and felt rock beneath his feet, at that point I knew it would be worse.
Damage to the boat-
Windscreen torn from hull, damage where screws were torn out
Bimini leg rivets torn from hull
Large chunk of damage to the bow
Chunks of metal taken out of the skeg
Damage to my friend-
Abrasions to his arm
Damage to me-
Swolen and sore above left knee
Sore/bruised right inner angle
It sure puts a massive dampener on our planned camping trip to baffle creek in less than three weeks.
At any rate, insurance should cover it, so if it's repaired I'm going to sell it. The wife just had a demotion so we were starting to think about selling it to make life a little easier through the financial 'crisis'. If it's written off, well, that might be the lesser evil.
The last bit of damage was minor in comparison and it was $1k to fix. I assume this will be an entire floor out job. I'm not sure if there is wood in that part of the boat, if there is then I assume it will be a bigger fix again.
Perhaps once financials stabilise we will looking at owning a boat again, but for now.. Well,
Thank you all for your help and advice in regards to my boat during the last few months. I'll still be here regularly, just in the fishing forums instead.
Matt.
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