What a shame.Well here you go, a 50 ft Trojan
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RWS
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She went down in July, not too far from the beach. Ironically a couple on th ebeach shot a video of the whole thing which was posted to a local TV stations website.
I saw that video last summer.
That video is no longer available.
The video made it look like the bow snapped off and that was part ofthe speculation on the BoaterEd website, the other place where I feed my addiction.
The boat was manned by a father & son. There was no rouge wave, just 4' waves with extremely short fetch. She went down very quickly, the props were still turning in the video as she sank bow first.
Today I searched for follow up information but I cannot find it. The follow up was by a dive company that dove the wreck and posted photos.
Those photos told the story.
Planks in the bow blew out, imagine the pounding at the waterline.
A lot of comments were posted regarding the maintenence & upkeep schedules required for wood & FASTENERS.
The bow went down so fast that the video made it appear that the bow snapped off.
She filled up fast.
The video was extraordinary.
Father & son got off that boat in less than a minute and a nearby boat picked them up.
The underwater pix are intriguing and sad.
I really tried to find them.
Maybe someone better than me can locate them. It was a dive company who operated on that lake. I tried several key words but no luck.
An interesting story about a cosmetically perfect large wood boat.
RWS
I saw that video last summer.
That video is no longer available.
The video made it look like the bow snapped off and that was part ofthe speculation on the BoaterEd website, the other place where I feed my addiction.
The boat was manned by a father & son. There was no rouge wave, just 4' waves with extremely short fetch. She went down very quickly, the props were still turning in the video as she sank bow first.
Today I searched for follow up information but I cannot find it. The follow up was by a dive company that dove the wreck and posted photos.
Those photos told the story.
Planks in the bow blew out, imagine the pounding at the waterline.
A lot of comments were posted regarding the maintenence & upkeep schedules required for wood & FASTENERS.
The bow went down so fast that the video made it appear that the bow snapped off.
She filled up fast.
The video was extraordinary.
Father & son got off that boat in less than a minute and a nearby boat picked them up.
The underwater pix are intriguing and sad.
I really tried to find them.
Maybe someone better than me can locate them. It was a dive company who operated on that lake. I tried several key words but no luck.
An interesting story about a cosmetically perfect large wood boat.
RWS
1983 10 Meter SOLD after 21 years of adventures
Yanmar diesels
Solid Glass Hull
Woodless Stringers
Full Hull Liner
Survived Andrew Cat 5,Eye of Charley Cat 4, & Irma Cat 2
Trojan International Website: http://trojanboat.com/
WEBSITE & SITELOCK TOTALLY SELF FUNDED
Yanmar diesels
Solid Glass Hull
Woodless Stringers
Full Hull Liner
Survived Andrew Cat 5,Eye of Charley Cat 4, & Irma Cat 2
Trojan International Website: http://trojanboat.com/
WEBSITE & SITELOCK TOTALLY SELF FUNDED
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Someone was nice enough to forward this website to me.
Actual underwater photos of Pizzazz along with the story and
information.
My earlier posting was in error as the story does mention a rogue wave.
Also, comments regarding older photos of the vessel indicate that there was significant existing damage to the bow area.
A sad and preventable ending to a magnificient vessel but no one was hurt, the potential for loss of life was huge.
Here she is as she sleeping with the fishes.
http://www.michiganshipwrecks.org/pizzazz.htm
Actual underwater photos of Pizzazz along with the story and
information.
My earlier posting was in error as the story does mention a rogue wave.
Also, comments regarding older photos of the vessel indicate that there was significant existing damage to the bow area.
A sad and preventable ending to a magnificient vessel but no one was hurt, the potential for loss of life was huge.
Here she is as she sleeping with the fishes.
http://www.michiganshipwrecks.org/pizzazz.htm
1983 10 Meter SOLD after 21 years of adventures
Yanmar diesels
Solid Glass Hull
Woodless Stringers
Full Hull Liner
Survived Andrew Cat 5,Eye of Charley Cat 4, & Irma Cat 2
Trojan International Website: http://trojanboat.com/
WEBSITE & SITELOCK TOTALLY SELF FUNDED
Yanmar diesels
Solid Glass Hull
Woodless Stringers
Full Hull Liner
Survived Andrew Cat 5,Eye of Charley Cat 4, & Irma Cat 2
Trojan International Website: http://trojanboat.com/
WEBSITE & SITELOCK TOTALLY SELF FUNDED
Double WOW!
That atricle was a mush better explaination of how the Pizzazz sunk. Rogue waves happen. One day I saw the lake go from dead calm to 6 footers in less then 30 minutes, and 30 minutes later they were 8 to 10's. The wind went from under 10 knots to over 50 knot gusts in a matter of minutes. It was crazy how quick the lake blew up.
This atricle confirms what I stated in my earlier post:
That atricle was a mush better explaination of how the Pizzazz sunk. Rogue waves happen. One day I saw the lake go from dead calm to 6 footers in less then 30 minutes, and 30 minutes later they were 8 to 10's. The wind went from under 10 knots to over 50 knot gusts in a matter of minutes. It was crazy how quick the lake blew up.
This atricle confirms what I stated in my earlier post:
If the boat blew a plank it would be doomed. However the Pizazz sunk, something catastrophic had to have happened or there would have been enough time to get help
Gerry
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