lifting sunk boat

[@grumpyoldfart7302]

I watched a guy bring up a boat that size or bigger, with an air compressor and contractor trash bags. When he got the gunnels above the water, by stuffing the bags under the floors he simply pumped out the water. I thought it was amazing.

[@worldcooking]

I really liked this video in which aspects of the hard work of the specialists who work on the vessels are shown.

[@SuperDiverDave]

Thank you for your kind words

[@megowan78]

Love the voice over on this video really helps to get an understanding of whats going on :D and I love the music used on this one :D

[@SuperDiverDave]

Good catch. I did not notice that I didn't have footage of the van leaving location until editing started, by then it was to late and with out closure the video was just lacking so I like you said I reused the footage that I did have. Most people don't notice or they don't watch it to the end so, thank you for watching and so closely at that.

[@fernandochavez4312]

Not much more enjoyable than watching people who know what they’re doing, do just that.👍

[@wheeljobdiving]

Thank You

[@jroar123]

This is how I broke my upper and lower jaws. A crane hook smacked me when I was turning backwards. By the time I saw it, I was out for the count. Nothing more painful but the good news was that I got to keep most of my teeth.

[@0011clem]

well did the boat have a hole in the side or something , how did it sink. what was the cost of raising it up. Did it stay afloat after being raised . How much to fix the boat up to get it operational again. many many questions?????

[@MCLStMaryDet]

It had several holes in the bottom previous owner drilled and it was taking on water slowly until it could be repaired in dry dock but someone unplugged the sump pump. The owner was gone for a few days. Total cost was around $15,000. It stayed afloat ever since and it was repaired properly shortly after.I don't know rebuild cost. Thanks for watching. I have a couple of other pages I manage also.

[@0011clem]

ok thanks,

[@15secofFame]

I like the ending the best where they were cleaning up their tracks as if they were never there 7:54 :)

[@wheeljobdiving]

That’s funny I never thought of it like that. First I must thank you for watching to the end and second I thank you for watching so closely

[@howarddcochrane9302]

wheeljobdiving h7

[@briandavis7251]

I'll

[@wd4usa]

Yeah - the back up lights were on as he pulled out. I thought that was weird and knew something else was "off" didn't realize it was the tracks filling in after themselves! LOL

[@craigmonteforte1478]

Nice job raising her I'm assuming that was only a thru hull fitting allowing the water in the hull a way out and not a bilge pump working like the comment said ? I guess the entire thing is got to get scrapped at this point I imagine the core is filled with water and cant be saved I was expecting a Gator to come crawling out When the footage of the interior and engine room was shown

[@wheeljobdiving]

I published the video a couple of days after we salvaged it and it sank the day before.

[@rickdee67]

WAIT, it sank again?

[@walkertongdee]

would have been a lot more interesting id they told us why it sunk what were they thinking... or not thinking...

[@wheeljobdiving]

Walkertongdee good point I will keep that in mind next time.

[@432b86ed]

I can still smell that interior all the way over here.

[@stefantwotimes]

Why does she sink in the first place?

[@MrEzYCJ]

Best thing for me was when the truck was driving out but in reverse well done boys.

[@53Peterbilt]

Can't understand why someone would let a (potentially) nice boat like this go to shit??? Hope the new owner has better luck and brings this back to it's former glory.

[@michaelteeple8704]

Good looking hull on that boat. Dam what a mess, least its fresh water, helps a bit.

[@spfldmilkman]

Is it a question of worth the expense of lifting or expense of DNR fines

[@Itsaboutthewaterlife]

That barge set-up had to be brutally expensive. And the labor , , ,

[@stevendegreef93]

Good video, but why did you re-use the arriving wheel job van at the end in the movie? Did you think nobody would notice it's the same footage in reverse?

[@wheeljobdiving]

GliderDS good catch it wasn't until I got home and started editing the video that I noticed I didn't have any footage leaving by that time it was too late the video was severely lacking without closure many people don't catch it or they don't watch to the end and yes it is very noticeable, Thanks for watching to the end and the kind words

[@aboveallco.3966]

Great! thanks for making this video! Keep up the awesome work!

[@wheeljobdiving]

I'm still trying to get a hold of the owner to do a video on restore I'll put a link when I do.

[@michaelsfarm2863]

Have you gotten him to get a restoration video yet?

[@michaelsfarm2863]

@psyjager so did he destroy it after it got sunk?

[@Ozelot089]

Awsome boat, awsome rescue !! :D ... what kind of boat is this? Never seen such before wich so much space. Is it a Houseboat?

[@wheeljobdiving]

I don't know What kind of boat it is I have not been able to get ahold of him yet and I had a Computer crash so no new videos lately Thankds for the kind words

[@tomterahedrob]

ILL fix this up over building a new boat any day.Good job guys!

[@19211926]

What caused it to sink?

[@cbryanshow]

Awesome videography haha keep up the great work :-)

[@sbc388550]

'A boat is a hole in the water with which you pour in money'.

[@abloody1]

Bust Out Another Thousand= BOAT

[@finscreenname]

They to import a dive team to do that? Didn't look like they got more then their ankles wet.

[@shigatsuningen]

Always wondered which hardhat supposedly protects against getting hurt if a falling 35 ton object where to hit ones head. hmmmm

[@jerrybear3081]

'hardhat' is for swinging hooks, cable or anything you can bump your head on really.. they are called 'bump cap' in some industries.

[@shigatsuningen]

@@jerrybear3081 preaching to the quire. My comment was a reflection on reality in recent accidents in my region.

[@jerrybear3081]

@@shigatsuningen fair enough, stay safe and alert!!

[@truthbknown4957]

What happened to the boat once it was pumped out? I can't imagine anyone spending the money to restore that boat with the cost of everything you might as well just buy one that is still floating.

[@SuperDiverDave]

He was going to fix it up. That never happened and He moved it to another location and there it sits to this day.

[@truthbknown4957]

@@SuperDiverDave It's too much work and too money to fix in my opinion.

[@SuperDiverDave]

@@truthbknown4957 I Agree Im thinking after all this time What is the mold like in there.

[@Softail77us]

The inside of that boat is going to smell bad for a while. Did the boat ever get used again?

[@Gizmologist1]

To be scrapped or repaired?

[@DayRider76]

Great job raising her! Mad skills! That guy must really love that relic to save it though?

[@thirdwave8811]

Or he didn't want to pay the environmental impact fee. It's not like you can just easily walk away from a disaster like that...

[@bradishear9369]

So what was top secret about the engine room. It was blurred out twice yet the rest of the video was not. Did it, for some reason, show the launch codes for old warheads aboard the micro yacht? Did the engine room reveal who really killed JFK? Was the owner embarrassed because his yacht was powered by a slant 6 out of an old Plymouth Valiant?

[@montneymon-ta-knee6810]

A before pic would of been awesome

[@cobravenomX1]

are you going to make a vid of the restore ?

[@wheeljobdiving]

I am going to try get a hold of him this week to see his progress and then I will shoot the restore . He said he was game to let me do it after we got it floating

[@cobravenomX1]

cool good to know

[@Djdj-kd8ue]

Well did anyone ever get an answer as to why it sunk? It couldn't have been down there to long because the bilge pump was still pumping & 1 Guy even says it was worki.mg. Batteries had to still be up to run that constantly under water

[@SuperDiverDave]

Hey woodysheds the owner of the boat Purchased it up north and then drove it down to Louisiana and had it tied up at the dock the boat had small leaks and for some reason the electricity was kicked off the pump stopped working and it came back the next day and it was on bottom

[@thirdwave8811]

This is the story of literally thousands of boats. Bottom line, if your boat is leaking you better haul it and repair it. It cost the owner a LOT more to have to crane that thing up and then pump the water out. And now the engines are trash...

[@oogieboy5874]

I'm bettin a hundred that the van got stuck and that's why the video is in reverse @ 7:52

[@gorp27]

They probably had to call a salvage crew to get it unstuck.

[@SuperDiverDave]

@megowan78 Hey, thanks I'm starting to get the hang of Garage Band and with this new mic I'm going to try to step out and do more of this. Thanks again.

[@FubarGuy666]

With a little TLC that will make a nice swimaboard

[@haroldtuttle5126]

Captain Freddy.

[@PRR5406]

Tell me he was insured. What was the cause of the sinking?

[@thirdwave8811]

What was the cause of sinking?? There is only 1 reason for sinking a boat at dock: gross negligence.

[@wheeljobdiving]

The previous owner for some reason drilled many small holes in the bottom the new owner pluged The holes for transportation then brought it to the dock for storage and some of the plugs started to leak and the electricity was cut off no one knows who did it. (at least this is what I was told I'm just a salvage Diver not a ship surveyor.)

[@stephenhunter70]

That doesn't sound right. You don't need to drill any holes in a biggish boat to transport it overland.

[@Vap3king]

wheeljobdiving was it totaled?

[@wheeljobdiving]

You got me I am just a diver not an engineer.

[@wheeljobdiving]

No he has it fixed up( I was told) but I have not been able to get a hold of him as that slip was just temporary

[@191246mann]

previous owner had lost the boat through money owed is my guess,there has to be a reason for the holes,new owner could have kept the auto bilge pumps checked as he knew about the holes.

[@GILLEBRATH]

Just wondering . What caused it to sink ? A faulty bilge pump or ?

[@wheeljobdiving]

Some one other than the Owner unplugged the shore power and she has small leaks.Thanks for the kind words, glad you enjoyed.

[@GILLEBRATH]

wheeljobdiving I had a similar event happen to my small 32 foot fishing boat where the battery clip for the bilge pump came off and it sank to the gun whales . I got it bailed out but the engine was ruined by salt water.Thank you for your reply

[@ricardojuricic9027]

@@GILLEBRATH uhhhh what a pity!!!

[@ricardojuricic9027]

@@wheeljobdiving thanks for great video. Pity she went down. Cheers

[@xraykadiddlehopper8067]

Aaaayeee that piano and other music is hard to take. 😝

[@mikecorleone6797]

That’s actually a very nice boat.. would make an excellent catalina cruiser if it were here in California

[@boataxe4605]

Was, it’s now junk.

[@clarencedavismba5042]

A-ok. Not sure how much use she'll get. Big cabin-cruiser like that not usually used for deep sea fishin', imo.

[@JohnSmith-mz3ny]

Some one left the tub running..

[@wranglerdave6452]

B.O.A.T.= BREAK OUT ANOTHER THOUSAND

[@Vap3king]

wrangler dave it will cost more than a thousand to repair that

[@wheeljobdiving]

Thats a good Idea I will include the cost of refurbishing it when I get a hold of the owner and do another Video thanks for watching

[@mikecorleone6797]

wheeljobdiving is that video up yet

[@twinsmm1]

So, how the hell does this happen? Neglect, I'd say.

[@domocracydestroyer8219]

If the owners of that boat walked into it they would probably get emotional because they would be walking through their destroyed boat.

[@trentyoung8528]

Would like to see it restored

[@MCLStMaryDet]

Trent Young I am going to do my best to get a hold of the boat owner and shoot the video to post. Thanks for the comment.

[@thekingsilverado9004]

A lot of people would like that boat and to see it restored because some of the boats that size are don't have a nice open floor plan like that one seems to have a a video would be great of it getting put back together. I looked at some boats 250K plus and they had no room in em. Yet some of the big less expensive boats with big open spaces have like crappy little V6 gas motors in em with no guts. That'll certainly get ya wrecked in bad weather.

[@dinotopher770]

It's like the dog that caught the car.... now what do you do with it?

[@jamielancaster01]

How many years ago had it sunk?

[@wheeljobdiving]

Jamie Lancaster it sank the day before we salvaged it it was on bottom not even 12 hrs.

[@pacman812]

Will she ever be seaworthy again?

[@MegaMouseSEC]

I guess he needed a bigger bilge pump.

[@adampapke1894]

How did it sink?

[@ronjohnson9507]

It got full of water

[@adampapke1894]

@@ronjohnson9507 bahaha good one.. wasn't sure what made it sink

[@greggacek1655]

The $64,000.00 question- Did they they patch the holes and fix the leaks?

[@seanmeagher2575]

Alot of times it's a generator hose cracks, or loose. A.c. hose. Bilge pump hose. That sinks a boat...replace all hose's. When buying used boat..double clamp..

[@Bantie1]

I call this; "death and rebirth of a yacht"

[@mikecernick5575]

Now what go find some rolls of Bounty!! Ya that should work

[@phantomnus]

you can bring it to my house and set it on block right in my frotn yard, Ill take care of the rest

[@QuadCore120]

It would be scary if there were a shark in it...

[@1miltond]

70 000 what? You got to be joking people value shit to the price of gold you can see that boat was junk before sunk this look like insurance scam

[@pluggap]

He was talking about the weight

[@mikecorleone6797]

1miltond 70,000 pounds guy.. the boat weighs 70,000 pounds or 35 tons

[@brianking2798]

so much damage and money to fix but worth it

[@MCLStMaryDet]

I agree. I have been told that it looks great but I still can't fi d the owner to do a follow up video. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@candisbrendel7396]

GET ME THE NAME OF THAT BILGE PMP MAN!!! BOAT SANK AND IT WAS STLL PUMPING!! JUST SAYING OLD ONE LEGGED JOSEPH T RETIRED NAVY

[@juliancrooks3031]

looks like insurance scam, scuddled for insurance payoff

[@wheeljobdiving]

It might have worked if He had Insurance on it. Thanks for watching.

[@fhuber7507]

Once sunk, forever trashed.

[@fposmith]

Should have left that right where you found it.

Well produced video.

[@wheeljobdiving]

Thanks for the kind words.

[@rkj4107]

At one point that was a nice boat.

[@Itsaboutthewaterlife]

The day after it was built.

[@gurnblanstein2191]

The boat was junk before it sank

[@twizz420]

I'll say...

[@fiveowaf454]

From the state of the outside it was either junk of had been sunk for a very long time.

[@b.atwater3904]

Was that piece of junk insured? If so, the owner lucked out for sure. Never should have passed an insurance survey in that condition.

[@stanhunderwood3374]

The owner says it's worth $65K to $75K? I wouldn't feel comfortable paying $500 for that junker.

[@prant8998]

It would cost the owner money to have it hauled up and taken to the dump. The boat has about a 3K negative value, plus what it cost them to raise it in the first place.

[@adampapke1894]

Deckhand doesn't have life jacket on.

[@woodysheds]

looks like been submerged a long time Hope it was cheap!

[@ricardojuricic9027]

Cheap is what's left of it. More-or-less at begining he had a chit chat who said yacht was worth 70000. Wonder if it's still worth 10% of that amount?, .... or less!!

[@patbarrett9263]

it will make a good planter,now

[@Itsaboutthewaterlife]

LOL

[@dennisthemenance5433]

Insurance is a Wonderfull thing.. If you collect on it.. while the rest of us pay in a share of the Premiums

[@Mr7valentine7]

Well done!

[@mikecorleone6797]

1:52 fighting aligators

[@mray1255]

Why would you even bother raising that trash heap?

[@gunlover1955]

Come on take about 1000 flat basket balls in there and air them up it will displace the water and float the boat then pump out the rest, lol.

[@PaparazSea]

nice, enjoyed it much

[@anthonydierlam2142]

Totally restore split that in half

[@irvinkennedyiii4389]

70 thousand for that? I'm sure it was in perfect condition

[@rickdee67]

Pounds!

[@radioboys8986]

she was scrap before she sank

[@GILLEBRATH]

Nice work. Thanks

[@shamelfahmy6709]

Anyhow it is a great job.

[@thecomputer1337]

imagine if they did that to the titanic 0_0 that would be awsome but modern technology doesnt allow that :(

[@ryan-zp4fe]

The Computer even if they could do that with the titanic they wouldn't out of respect for all the people who died on her she is technically a graveyard and with all the rust and corrosion that has been going on under the water she would probably disintegrate

[@tokyot3232]

At 0:18 u can see my house

[@Itsaboutthewaterlife]

Hmmm: what were you doing on a certain night , , ,

[@976charlie9]

Why didn’t the just put a bunch of bubble wrap under it and let nature do its job.

[@vig5100]

Wheel Job... More like insurance job

[@TheRebelOne.]

Is there technology available for boats, i.e , a phone app linked to your boat that lets you know if there is a water issue or potential sinking threat. Something simple like this could save your boat and your wallet. I'm just throwing this out there. Surely there has to be something available!

[@wheeljobdiving]

That is a great Idea. I once owned a Boat and found out BOAT is an acronym for Bust Out Another Thousand. One of the happiest Days of my life is when I sold it.

[@talenttrading]

Unbelievable petty comments below.

[@skeets6060]

If that dont make you cry

[@carp614]

Holy garbage scow. write off.

[@tokyot3232]

I live here

[@tileman17]

stop with the music

[@UlandaBailey]

Raising not lifting

[@tbugher62]

Pile of junk,not even worth messing with it.

[@karenhutchinson22]

???????

[@dustyflair]

so the music at the end supposed to make us sad? Why would you even put your personal spin that way? clown

[@rodneyjohnston6280]

boat need to go to the salvage yard There's nothing nice about it it look like💩👍

[@keegan773]

That bilge pump wasn't quite up to the job.