FloridaRoyal Palm Beach, Palm Beach County
Raising a 22 ft Catalina 22 in Royal Palm Beach, FL
Years with the mast down and lashed to the deck had turned this 22 ft Catalina 22 sailboat into a rain catcher. The cabin took water until the gunwales were level with the surface.
She sat on a mooring away from shore, so the nearest dock was not an option. The obstacle was access. We loaded lift bags, hoses, and a spare trailer strap into the skiff and worked from the water. The mast came off first and floated separately, which took weight off the stern.
About three hours start to finish. The tow ran to a ramp a few miles off in the direction of Belle Glade, and she rode a trailer from there. The hull was sound once the water was out, so a repair yard bought the project. The rigging went to salvage. It was a quiet job, the kind that makes a good sunken boat removal story because nothing dramatic happened.
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Illustrative example — a representative sunken boat recovery in Palm Beach County, not a record of a specific customer job. Photos are illustrative too.
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Crews cover Palm Beach County: Delray Beach, Jupiter, The Acreage, Belle Glade, Greenacres, and Palm Beach Gardens. Most sailboat recoveries around Royal Palm Beach are scheduled within days, so the water does not get worse. A vessel down on a mooring ball gets worked from the skiff, so land access is rarely a problem. Cramped access affects the method, while the timing stays the same.