FloridaSarasota, Sarasota County
Sarasota, FL: 28 ft Carver 28 Off the Bottom in One Morning
The windows leaked and the interior gave up. That is how the owner put it about the 28 ft Carver 28 aft cabin cruiser, and the boat looked it.
She went down at the public ramp, gunwales level with the water, and had been there long enough for a film to form on the surface. The obstacle was sheer size. A 28 footer full of water weighs far more than people expect, and a ramp is not a place to lose control of it. We staged four lift bags, set a trailer under the stern, and let the boat float up onto it.
About six hours on site. The tow from the ramp to the staging lot was short, then we hauled toward North Port. The interior was a total loss and the stringers were wet, so she went to our yard for dismantling and recycling. Engines went to salvage. Sunken boat recovery here was ordinary work.
Case summary
Illustrative example — a representative sunken boat recovery in Sarasota County, not a record of a specific customer job. Photos are illustrative too.
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Crews cover Sarasota County: Bee Ridge, Englewood, Fruitville, and North Port. A aft cabin cruiser that sank in Sarasota does not need to sit, and a crew can be on site the same week. If a boat is stuck at the ramp, it gets priority, so boaters can launch again. The crew chooses the lift method after it has seen the hull and checked the depth.