Salvaging a Sunk 25' Boat Out of South Florida Inlet, Parbuckle, and Tow In To Safe Harbour

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Captain Retriever

Ай бұрын

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@matter1234 Ай бұрын

This was my uncle's boat, it's wild to see video of you saving it! thank you so much

@CaptainRetriever Ай бұрын

Yeah, I've known Jackie and this boat a long time, back when he was fishing out of Seasport early 2000's in Jupiter. Hopefully the boat is salvageable, I know the feeling, been there too..

@RisenThe Ай бұрын

He should probably try to remember where he parks it next time!

@OGMoses_ 29 күн бұрын

How did he capsize it if you don’t mind me asking?

@nailbanger2 21 күн бұрын

The owner probably abandoned it when it started to take on water, then the ocean took over. I thought this looked familiar, and when he mentioned Sandsprit Park I said welcome to Stuart out loud. LOL

@stevendegreef93 21 күн бұрын

@@OGMoses_ Plug came out on high speed. You don't notice that while on plane, because then the plug sits above the water level. Once you stop planing (lower speed) water starts coming in, after 10 minutes you notice the water and may be unable to think about a plug that was lost. There isn't much time, soon the water rushes in over the edge.

@jackmarks2176 Ай бұрын

I lived on a sailboat for several years and seen a lot on the water, but that operation was totally slick. As you started moving and picking up speed I realized what was going (or should) happen. Again really cool, take care.

@gabrielchirinos9992 Ай бұрын

Good job Captain. I'm glad we have you in Stuart I love boat U.S

@beachcouple1741 Ай бұрын

That was a great job, especially for just one person 👍

@paulkersey2179 Ай бұрын

Nice work, that's pretty cool doing that by yourself. Thanks for sharing

@antonioalarcon2930 17 күн бұрын

Eres un crack ,no solo lo has rescatado sino que le has dado la vuelta y lo has dejado flotando jejej 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

@markcrume 19 күн бұрын

Great recovery Capt.

@notsure7874 6 күн бұрын

#1 culprit is the drain plug. I keep some expanding ones that fit the hole even though mines threaded (I also keep threaded ones). If I'm taking on water, I'm putting an expanding one in the hole from the inside (I'm not getting under an outboard being tossed around by waves) and get to bailing. On a boat that size, there are positive displacement lever type pumps that move a whole lot of water, and they basically stay out of the way. They're a hell of a lot better than buckets / hand pumps. Still carry hand pumps though, the more the merrier!

@dennisbyron3168 3 күн бұрын

Buddy that was some real good work there. Hats off to you.

@finscreenname Ай бұрын

Great work as always!!

@JaymoJoints Ай бұрын

If you forget your drainplug, better remember Captain Retriever's number

@alessandrocristofani6975 Ай бұрын

Well done!!! you are very expert , congratulations

@TheCapthof Ай бұрын

I'm impressed, a little concerned about your safety, but impressed.

@bigKANG420 Ай бұрын

Good thing he's running the show not you

@88888gerald Ай бұрын

when he first started the pull the bubbles his boat kicked backward starting seemed to be pushing water out of the hull pretty good....nice job...

@timburnett6729 Ай бұрын

Job well done sir

@DLBard-bv2nd Ай бұрын

What a great professional ! 🤗🇺🇸👍

@louism9790 Ай бұрын

Yall the real hero’s out there

@joels1234 5 күн бұрын

wow...that was definitely cool... flipping the boat over and dragging it in, and saving the boat...nice

@camojoe83 27 күн бұрын

That didn't look like a frequent trailer boat, not with the hull that green... Did the plug just get kicked out from flexing over time or did it just get old and give up?

@christopherrhoderick9706 17 күн бұрын

That was absolutely impressive

@JohnD357 17 күн бұрын

Amazing you can do all that work without a second guy.

@richardknott2021 Ай бұрын

Great job..

@hotrodhog2170 Ай бұрын

The amount of idiot comments in your videos is laughable! I see it in all the channels I watch too, so you are not alone. People criticize ones word choice or how they did or didnt do this or the other thing when this guy obviously knows what he is doing and been doing it for years as a reputable tow operator in a very busy market. Thanks for your FREE content Captain! I been watching since the beginning (less than 50 subs) and still amazed at what you are capable of doing! Fair seas sir

@CaptainRetriever Ай бұрын

They know what I mean. When the Coast Guard calls out on the radio they say "Vessel Sinking". It's the term we use to describe a boat going down whether fully submerged or not. Comments drive the algorithm so I'm not too worried about it..

@MrDannyd9 Ай бұрын

That was pretty sick. You are good at your job lol

@atexan Ай бұрын

A one-man retrieval.... very impressive!!

@someguydino6770 Ай бұрын

my grand daddy used to say that "just because you can buy a boat; don't mean that you are a captain" nice how the boat drained as it was pulled forward at speed

@blackbird9813 Ай бұрын

Greate job, nice to see

@corbettcondray Ай бұрын

Thank you

@twosons5290 28 күн бұрын

Only a true dude jumps into the ocean with a ball cap on

@MvR640 17 сағат бұрын

Would love to see a 2nd boat picking the debris from the ocean

@cgirl111 Ай бұрын

You only need the drain plug removed when the boat is on the trailer. When I ran trailer boats I had a drain plug inside and outside the boat. I also installed 2 high water alarms in the bilge. I used the ones made for hot water tanks from Home Depot.

@ft6972 Ай бұрын

Cool

@notsure7874 6 күн бұрын

I never plug from the inside unless somehow I lose the one on the outside. I don't want to be under an outboard as its being tossed around by the sea so if that happens, I plug from inside and get to bailing.

@madmanmechanic8847 Ай бұрын

That woujld be a blast to recover boats like that

@steven.h0629 19 күн бұрын

Very Impressed 👍😎✊

@NicPoisel Ай бұрын

Rad video

@GreenNoDeal Ай бұрын

Skillful

@thaiexodus2916 Ай бұрын

Just a general observation not relevant necessarily to this video. Speaking from 50 years in emergency services, one will never find a great concentration of dumb moves than weekend sailors who think the ocean is their toy. Add alcohol and not checking weather forecasts, a perfect recipe for screw ups.

@scottallen7195 Ай бұрын

Hondas hard at work .. I pray im never in this predicament 20 miles out or ever

@CaptainRetriever Ай бұрын

Just make sure you have an epirb.. Sometimes it happens fast, and people get so caught up thinking about saving the boat they forget to grab their communication devices

@williamjohnson817 6 күн бұрын

Never in my 53 years have I ever left the drain plug outta my boat. That’s the 1st I do at the ramp after I test the motor to see if it’s gonna start.

@notsure7874 6 күн бұрын

I've been boating for ... good god, nearly 40 years now. I forgot the drain plug one time. It was an unfamiliar boat, and I was distracted by other things. Figured it out before I got pulled away from the ramp. Right back on the trailer, and out of the water it came! I never forget that important lesson, and I don't believe I'll ever forget one so long as I live.

@lewispaine4589 Ай бұрын

The dreaded drain plug fail

@camojoe83 27 күн бұрын

Wtf is with these "that's capsized not sunk" comments? Yall know the most buoyant part of a fiberglass hull is the bottom with all the bracing and stuff, right? If it fills with water, they always roll over unless they're over a certain size that the engines will keep the hull down... Lil fishing boats like this almost always turn turtle after they turn into bathtubs.

@hotrod76. 16 күн бұрын

Was that flex seal.!!😂😂

@Hurst6969 Ай бұрын

Seems logical to tie the "bowline" to the "bow"

@davidmacpherson8710 16 күн бұрын

If the sunken boat owner did not hire TowBoat to retrieve, would the person who tows and salvages the boat become the new owner?

@CaptainRetriever 16 күн бұрын

Florida doesn’t allow you to just take boats, it’s still registered to the rightful owner. They could agree to sign it over if they want nothing to do with it.

@davidmacpherson8710 15 күн бұрын

@@CaptainRetriever Thank you.

@notsure7874 6 күн бұрын

@@CaptainRetriever Florida is kind of wild sometimes. This dude in Jupiter had his boat robbed of electronics, and the trailer stolen (boat was on the same property in the water). The thief forged some documents to complete the "transfer" of the trailer at motor vehicles immediately. The police and the dmv told him "that trailer belongs to someone in Hialeah now" as if he signed it over to someone else legitimately.

@barqwoof Ай бұрын

Not your first rodeo. Well done. Jim

@williams-wr5lg Күн бұрын

So do you get to keep the boats you salvage?

@dogpatch8266 11 күн бұрын

thats a $10,000.00 salvage job for a $200.00 boat.

@user-sw6mj9ih4g 27 күн бұрын

Bad ass !

@grasscutter88 Ай бұрын

Damn is there a seat belt on that boat? You're going straight through the windshield if you hit a sandbar

@dirtrocket9 Ай бұрын

Good job.. what size is that portable bilge pump u use.. I been thinking about adding one as well?

@CaptainRetriever Ай бұрын

Probably around 25’

@dirtrocket9 Ай бұрын

@@CaptainRetriever I meant bilge pump.. GPH?

@CaptainRetriever Ай бұрын

@@dirtrocket9 3700 Rule 12 volt

@mzimm460 Ай бұрын

The drain plug mafia

@porkchop659 Ай бұрын

Just curious - what size is your tow rope? That is a tremendous amount of pressure and I was just wondering!

@CaptainRetriever Ай бұрын

It's not too much pressure, we use a 3/4 double braid with a break strength around 16,000 lbs. I need to do a video where I bring a scale out there to show how much force is actually on these tow lines.

@CaptainRetriever Ай бұрын

For the harder tows we use a 1/2" dyneema or amsteel that breaks around 30,000 lbs with no stretch, but it's bad for everyday towing..

@porkchop659 Ай бұрын

@@CaptainRetriever that video would be interesting to see for sure!

@steventrojanowski3595 19 күн бұрын

CaptainRetriever Great videos great content, as a cdla heavy tow truck operator I find this extremely interesting… subbed

@fenceman53 Ай бұрын

Big bill coming. Another hole in the water you fill with money 💴

@CaptainRetriever Ай бұрын

This one was one of the very few I did for free. We’ve all known the guy for years..

@captng Ай бұрын

Folks like these are what put the kids through college 😂

@michaelboyer9429 Ай бұрын

OK, so how much did this cost for you to go out and salvage it basically 🤔

@CaptainRetriever Ай бұрын

This one was just a pro bono one, but typically about 225 a foot, so 5-6k

@chrisgardner6677 Ай бұрын

Mahalo! What type of bilge pump did you use?

@CaptainRetriever Ай бұрын

12 volt Rule 3,700

@bobvecchi304 Ай бұрын

Maybe the owner was trying to scuttle the boat, and his plan back fired?

@CaptainRetriever Ай бұрын

He went to the hospital, definitely no insurance, and was out there sunk for 5 hours.. This was definitely an accident

@maxmackinlay618 19 күн бұрын

Its a cool job when you can work in bare feet.

@mikej1097 6 күн бұрын

What a great advert for those Honda outboards

@E3ECO 13 күн бұрын

How can you get it to float with the drain plug out?

@notsure7874 6 күн бұрын

Once the boat is moving, most boats inertia pushes the water back out of the drain plug hole. It's when you stop that it starts gushing in.

@E3ECO 6 күн бұрын

@@notsure7874 Ohh. Thanks.

@fourfortyroadrunner6701 Ай бұрын

This is confusing. A simple drain plug mistake, it happens. Why wouldn't the operator use his head and think "where could this be coming from?" Why not beach it, looks like he was not far off from shore? LOTS of damage there, to the top structure, etc.

@pepperypeppers2755 8 күн бұрын

I've never known regular ole human beings to make mistakes. Perplexing indeed 🤔

@luckyluke33 Ай бұрын

why leave the anchor ?

@CaptainRetriever Ай бұрын

Did this for no charge, recovering an anchor solo on a sunk boat gets a little tricky sometimes, and it was a busy weekend so I had to do it quickly. But the spot is marked, rocky, and only 10’ deep

@simonbaj334 Ай бұрын

Drainplug mafia strikes again

@Alex_Eggers 19 күн бұрын

should've bought a boston whaler

@robertstancer4469 Ай бұрын

A view from the UK. Gotta ask, do you yanks do EVERYTHING in a baseball cap? Did you wear one on your wedding night perchance. Was the bride alright with that?

@CaptainRetriever Ай бұрын

To be fair, it's a visor, and I've given many a salt bath to keep sun off my face, salt just gives it character.

@4stringmanagmaildcom Ай бұрын

Helps reduce incidence of skin cancer on the face when you are on the water all day, every day, especially in a sunny climate.

@unseenpresence Ай бұрын

I pretty much do....

@jeffparker3334 Ай бұрын

We pretty much do yeah 😊. My wife and I both wore one on our wedding night….

@robertstancer4469 Ай бұрын

@@jeffparker3334 Just tell me you wore them 'back to front' during consummation PLEASE! Or did you 'dance' peak to peak? It's not me asking Jeff, it's the wife.....

@doctortheopolis3122 Ай бұрын

I'd say it looks more capsized than sunk.

@dougdean3134 Ай бұрын

Expensive mistake!

@richardthomas1566 21 күн бұрын

I always thought Sunk was under water

@Getouttahere78 15 күн бұрын

These boats did not sink. They capsized

@PatHaskell Ай бұрын

It looks capsized, instead of sunk.

@CaptainRetriever Ай бұрын

Sunk is the laymans term, if anyone is searching the internet they're probably just typing sunk, that's why I use it

@mnmike6884 18 күн бұрын

Unnecessary high speed pounding to cross the bar. But it was macho!😟. Only one person in the rescue boat? Why? Yes there was a second boat. But …..

@Golden-dog88 Ай бұрын

if its floating upside down then it ISNT SUNK

@eccentricsmithy2746 Ай бұрын

its not sunk if its floating.....🤦‍♂

@Hjerte_Verke Ай бұрын

Swamped? Capsized? Maybe sunk is a legal term?

@CaptainRetriever Ай бұрын

Sunk is the laymans term, if anyone is searching the internet they're probably just typing sunk, that's why I use it

@TheOffCycle Ай бұрын

That boat was not worth saving

@CaptainRetriever Ай бұрын

Not worth keeping out of the environment?

@TheOffCycle Ай бұрын

@@CaptainRetriever woulda been washed up on the beach in short time

@gregsmith2462 Ай бұрын

capsized is not Sunk., Click bait.

@wildtimbrown Ай бұрын

are you always a dick?

@Patrick-yh5yd 6 күн бұрын

Why did I watch this? Boring.

@yourselfdotcom Ай бұрын

That was fucking slick cowboy