32' Fountain: Hope this isn't someone on the board

Little Buddy Land Lubber Offline Austin Boater Posts: 12 Lake Travis Marina Gender:	32' Fountain: Hope this isn't someone on the board Jun 11^th, 2013 at 7:39pm Anyone know what happened? https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.668278363198284.1073741832.11150586887...
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Captain YARRR Admin Offline Doing the rain dance Posts: 2587 Round Rock, TX Gender:	Re: 32' Fountain: Hope this isn't someone on the board Reply #1 - Jun 12^th, 2013 at 8:54am I saw that, eeek...curious what happened too. Nice looking boat above the water.
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PDubs Austin Boater Offline Austin Boater Posts: 112 Austin Gender:	Re: 32' Fountain: Hope this isn't someone on the board Reply #2 - Jun 12^th, 2013 at 9:33am Dang! My only guess is launching w/o the drain plug. Pretty boat.
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nathan Lake Admiral Offline Going Home !!!!! Posts: 2120 Leander, TX Soon Gender:	Re: 32' Fountain: Hope this isn't someone on the board Reply #3 - Jun 12^th, 2013 at 1:42pm well at least it had a good bath sorry I had to. nice boat.
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mobileMERCman Veteran Austin Boater Offline Old Salty Dog Posts: 262 Jonestown Gender:	Re: 32' Fountain: Hope this isn't someone on the board Reply #4 - Jun 12^th, 2013 at 4:51pm I heard it was for sale, tied to the dock awaiting an out of town prospect to test run it.
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SEA TOW Veteran Austin Boater Offline Free Towing For Members!!! Posts: 270 Central Texas Gender:	Re: 32' Fountain: Hope this isn't someone on the board Reply #5 - Jun 12^th, 2013 at 6:49pm We recovered this last Thursday. Owner had a buyer, who just had it surveyed earlier in that week, and the reason it was in the water. Not quite sure how it sank yet, but possibly some screw holes in the rub rail on the transom leaked in.
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JC Veteran Austin Boater Offline Austin Boater Posts: 254 Cedar Park	Re: 32' Fountain: Hope this isn't someone on the board Reply #6 - Jun 12^th, 2013 at 7:58pm So what happens to the boat now?
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nathan Lake Admiral Offline Going Home !!!!! Posts: 2120 Leander, TX Soon Gender:	Re: 32' Fountain: Hope this isn't someone on the board Reply #7 - Jun 12^th, 2013 at 8:04pm the price goes down
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mobileMERCman Veteran Austin Boater Offline Old Salty Dog Posts: 262 Jonestown Gender:	Re: 32' Fountain: Hope this isn't someone on the board Reply #8 - Jun 12^th, 2013 at 9:41pm Dam shame. It looks like a nice boat. Insurance company will figure out why it sunk. Wonder what recommendations the surveyor made. I know of a 28 Cigarette that was purchased while sunk at its dock. It ended up being a great boat.
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JC Veteran Austin Boater Offline Austin Boater Posts: 254 Cedar Park	Re: 32' Fountain: Hope this isn't someone on the board Reply #9 - Jun 12^th, 2013 at 10:03pm I've heard the rub rail can be a troublesome area on those 32's since they sit so low. I was planning on removing my rub rail and sealing up any voids. This just motivated me a bit more.
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Re: 32' Fountain: Hope this isn't someone on the board
Reply #10 - Jun 13^th, 2013 at 6:49am

There is more to it then that. With two batteries two auto bilge pumps it should have never gone down. It would take a big leak some rain and a week to kill two good batteries. Plus if it was leaking that bad it should have been noticed. Who leaves their boat in the water without inspecting the bilge for water?

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In2Deep Veteran Austin Boater Offline Lake Travis / LOTO Boater Posts: 442 Lake Travis/ LOTO Gender:	Re: 32' Fountain: Hope this isn't someone on the board Reply #11 - Jun 13^th, 2013 at 7:22pm Quote: Who leaves their boat in the water without inspecting the bilge for water? I think that's a leading question.
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JC Veteran Austin Boater Offline Austin Boater Posts: 254 Cedar Park	Re: 32' Fountain: Hope this isn't someone on the board Reply #12 - Jun 13^th, 2013 at 7:43pm A buddy of mine had a cooling hose pop loose. His bilge filled up pretty quick and the bilge pump never did turn on. Luckily, he had a lift in his slip and it was close by.
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nathan Lake Admiral Offline Going Home !!!!! Posts: 2120 Leander, TX Soon Gender:	Re: 32' Fountain: Hope this isn't someone on the board Reply #13 - Jun 13^th, 2013 at 7:44pm I wonder if he will trade for a pontoon now?
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JC Veteran Austin Boater Offline Austin Boater Posts: 254 Cedar Park	Re: 32' Fountain: Hope this isn't someone on the board Reply #14 - Jun 13^th, 2013 at 11:53pm What typically happens to a boat after recovery? Does the ins co take possession and store it somewhere? Seems like if someone took the whole boat (and engs) apart immediately after recovery, most of it could be saved assuming it was a brief submersion in fresh water.
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