Tallahassee, FL: 22 ft Larson 220 Off the Bottom in One Morning

The cabin roof of the 22 ft Larson 220 was the only part showing, with rainwater sitting above the deck drain and a lot more inside the hull. She had been parked near a public ramp for most of a summer. A fisherman spotted the roof one morning and called the owner, who called us.

The ramp was the obstacle in a good way and a bad way. Easy to reach, but the water dropped off fast and the bottom was soft silt. We were not going to drive a truck into that. So we floated lift bags out from the crew skiff, raised her until she sat level, and dragged her up the ramp on a winch line. A short tow got her clear of the soft silt first.

After a rinse, she loaded for the trip to Bradfordville and then to our yard. The hull had a spongy deck and no real value as a boat. No salvage made sense, and dismantling and recycling was the right call. Sunken boat removal done. Four hours on site.