Boat sunk on the Macc on Marple

[WotEver]

https://www.facebook.com/nantwichmarina/

Thanks.

 

I eventually found: https://www.facebook.com/nantwichmarina/posts/1232070903528652

 

That's a pretty huge split. No comment on the contents...

[Mike Todd]

Thanks.

 

I eventually found: https://www.facebook.com/nantwichmarina/posts/1232070903528652

 

That's a pretty huge split. No comment on the contents...

Ys, but when a boat sinks then all the contents float around at random. When the water level is removed then items settle where they are and the result, as the FB entry indicates, is almost always close to mayhem, not to mention the stench and mud. Of course, the same occurs when homes are invaded by flood water - I think we are all surprised just how long it takes to clean up afterwards. It would have to be a really bad enemy to wish a flood or sinking onto them.

[Arthur Marshall]

Thanks.

 

I eventually found: https://www.facebook.com/nantwichmarina/posts/1232070903528652

 

That's a pretty huge split. No comment on the contents...

When mine nearly sank last year, we found that what had gone was the weld where the side meets the baseplate. I was sort of lucky as it had been replated and it was the weld on the replate that had gone and there was still enough of the original baseplate left (except in one place) to keep the water out, and by sheer chance we were gazing into the engine bay when the leak started.

[David Mack]

Looking at this video:

https://www.facebook.com/nantwichmarina/videos/pcb.1232070903528652/1232070176862058/

 

That's a long length of seam that has split. What would have caused that to go at once? A major impact of some sort?

[mayalld]

Looking at this video:

https://www.facebook.com/nantwichmarina/videos/pcb.1232070903528652/1232070176862058/

 

That's a long length of seam that has split. What would have caused that to go at once? A major impact of some sort?

 

What had me puzzled here is that it appears NOT to be the actual seam that has split.

 

Rather the base plate has split where the side plate is welded to it, so it isn't a weld that has fractured, but the metal that the weld joins to.

[haggis]

This story just gets more and more bizarre...

There has been a long thread on the Friendly Narrow boat Forum page on Facebook with lots of sympathy for the guy who was on the boat when it sank and who stands to get almost £2000 from the appeal. However, a couple of messages on there this afternoon pointing out that the boat actually belongs to an 84 year old lady who has had the boat lifted out and taken away for repair at her own expense have been removed. Not a very friendly forum if they don't want the truth told!

A bit odd!

 

Thread is at https://www.facebook.com/groups/davejellybeancanalforum/ Sorry link doesn't work now as the group has been made "closed" . Another friendly act :-)

 

haggis

Edited February 1, 2017 by haggis

[ditchcrawler]

There has been a long thread on the Friendly Narrow boat Forum page on Facebook with lots of sympathy for the guy who was on the boat when it sank and who stands to get almost £2000 from the appeal. However, a couple of messages on there this afternoon pointing out that the boat actually belongs to an 84 year old lady who has had the boat lifted out and taken away for repair at her own expense have been removed. Not a very friendly forum if they don't want the truth told!

A bit odd!

 

Thread is at https://www.facebook.com/groups/davejellybeancanalforum/ Sorry link doesn't work now as the group has been made "closed" . Another friendly act :-)

 

haggis

You have to be a member

[Alway Swilby]

There has been a long thread on the Friendly Narrow boat Forum page on Facebook with lots of sympathy for the guy who was on the boat when it sank and who stands to get almost £2000 from the appeal. However, a couple of messages on there this afternoon pointing out that the boat actually belongs to an 84 year old lady who has had the boat lifted out and taken away for repair at her own expense have been removed. Not a very friendly forum if they don't want the truth told!

A bit odd!

 

Thread is at https://www.facebook.com/groups/davejellybeancanalforum/ Sorry link doesn't work now as the group has been made "closed" . Another friendly act :-)

 

haggis

According to the Nantwich Canal Centre who did the salvage job it was on behalf of insurance underwriters.

[Graham Davis]

Which, if true, puts even more doubt on the worthiness of the "collection"

[Iain_S]

 

What had me puzzled here is that it appears NOT to be the actual seam that has split.

 

Rather the base plate has split where the side plate is welded to it, so it isn't a weld that has fractured, but the metal that the weld joins to.

 

Consistent with rusting through from the inside?

From the Farcebook thread, it appears to have been leaking for a while, gradually getting worse, and the strain of sinking and recovery may have turned a serious breach into a catastrophic one.

[WotEver]

 

Consistent with rusting through from the inside?

From the Farcebook thread, it appears to have been leaking for a while, gradually getting worse, and the strain of sinking and recovery may have turned a serious breach into a catastrophic one.

It certainly appears to me that it's rusted through from the inside.

 

You have to be a member

It's 'owned' and managed by the same guy that set up the fund.