Raising a 22 ft Sun Tracker Party Barge 22 in Leisure City, FL

Deck boards spongy and the rail bent: that was the 22 ft Sun Tracker Party Barge 22 pontoon before she sank. She sat on a mooring for most of a season, and a crack along a tube seam let in water a little at a time. She finally settled by the stern with the bow pointing up.

The obstacle was the mooring field. Boats sit close there, and a swinging line or a careless skiff can foul a neighbor's anchor. The crew went out at slack tide, anchored the skiff well off, and sent the lift bags down on a short lead so nothing drifted across another boat. Divers strapped the tubes, and the bags came up together while a drain line emptied the deck.

She went on a flatbed at the nearest public ramp after a slow tow, with Country Club the nearest town on the route. Split tubes and a rotted deck meant no salvage, so she went to our yard for dismantling and recycling. About four hours on site for the sunken boat recovery.