I forgot to mention that the Chris Craft Roamer moored in front of me sank.
The bilge pump apparently hadn't been working in quite a while and with the additional weight from last weekend's rain, the transom finally sank low enough to start the scuppers siphoning lake water straight into the hull.
The fiberglass top broke off on the way to the bottom, and was last seen floating about 4 inches below the surface somewhere near Anchor Point.
Today the marina plans to sink 55-gallon drums around the boat, where a diver will fasten them to hoisting straps cradled under the hull, pump out the air from the drums and let their buoyancy float the Roamer back up to the surface.
Neat.
Memo to self: fix The Kid's bilge pump soonest.
That didn't work. The crew got the hull about 8 feet off the bottom, then it slipped off its cradle and fell back to the bottom. Add that was the end of the beginning of that. Ah, well.
Try again tomorrow. At least I get to move into the Roamer's previous slip, soon as the salvage barge goes away, for an unimpeded view of the gorgeous Lake Hartwell sunsets.
The Blue Book's IT Department is busy working overtime compiling an appropriate Playlist to pipe down to the divers working on the bottom, but so far this is all they've come up with (I knew it was a mistake to go with Macs):
Should I Stay Or Should I Go? - Clash
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