FloridaPort St Lucie, St. Lucie County
Port St Lucie, FL: 20 ft Sylvan Mirage 20 Off the Bottom in One Morning
Waterline stains on the pontoons and furniture rotted to the frame. That was what the 20 ft Sylvan Mirage 20 looked like once the canal gave it back.
It had gone down at a seawall and settled until only the rail and the roof of the console stuck out. The obstacle was the wall. A concrete seawall leaves no room for a ramp, so everything had to float. We slid lift bags under the deck from the water side, kept the work skiff outboard, and walked her along the wall until we reached a spot where a boom truck could reach over.
About four hours on site. The tubes held air once we patched the pinholes, but the deck and furniture were finished. Our tow ended at the yard, a short drive from Fort Pierce, where she was cut up, the aluminum sorted for salvage, and the rest recycled. The wall was clean afterward. Sunken boat recovery there is mostly patience.
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Illustrative example — a representative sunken boat recovery in St. Lucie County, not a record of a specific customer job. Photos are illustrative too.
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Crews cover St. Lucie County: Fort Pierce and Lakewood Park. From Port St Lucie the response is the same week. Send the depth and a few photos of the pontoon. With a hull pressed against a canal seawall, we lift where it lies and float it clear, since a crane has no room to set up. We lift the boat first, and what becomes of the hull is figured out afterward.