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I did something similar. My sons boat sank. The skies were cloudy with a sustained wind of about 4mph. I didn’t have a wet suit or other proper gear. But as dusk was setting in really quickly with a storm on the horizon, I used my big toe to hook the antenna and pull the boat up from the depths of our above ground pool. It was an RC Boat that was bought at Walmart.
What was the depth that you were working? One of the wonderful traits of aluminum is that after 2.5 yrs, its’s still almost shines. You can’t beat a properly built welded aluminum boat! Well done guys.
Honda made a car called the "Insight." The first generation of it, at least of the first year (I'm not sure of all years from 2000 - 2006) was aluminum. I once wanted to buy one, but I never did.
@@101VoltsI've seen those cars in the wrecking yards I don't think you want one if someone hits you, it's like putting your finger in a pop can and stomping on it.
Fourth video I’ve watched of yours in 2 days. Wife thinks I’m doing taxes down in the basement office. I just ran across your channel yesterday. I’m a new subscriber for sure, and love the vids! Can’t wait for the next
Adventures with Purpose That looked like a “Pacific” workboat. We are currently in the market for another one. I’d be interested to know what he is asking for it...
@@scottgard I looked for Pacific Skiff sticker on the aft side of boat.I had a 19 ft. model for 5 years.Well made boats.Mine had a lot of foam under deck and gunnels.
The four kisses of death: don't kiss another ship with your ship, don't kiss the bottom with your ship, don't kiss a buoy with your ship, and don't kiss an enlisted!
Absolutely incredible, I just happened on your channel, and I have burned the last 2 hours watching videos. Jared I believe your far better than the "dive treasure" channels i've watched with my son while he waits until he is old enough to start diving open water. You explain how your getting stuff out of the water, and why... Where I watch you DO where others simple would say "you can't" or "thats not possible"... Its a little funny to watch your interactions with your crew and you say "It will take me 4 hours" and it takes 6 days, your so relatable. I. hope you get more sponsors and I hope your channel goes far!
Thanks for watching and your time to comment. I believe there's nothing which can't be conquered. I might underestimate the timing of it at times.. 😅 In the end, we have a blast with friends with stories to tell for years to come. Thanks again for your support.
Wow! Now that I have watched the rest of the video and had my salvage question answered I wanted to come back to once again compliment this team and their extraordinary efforts! That boat is indeed everything I wanted to build or buy before injuries ended my recreational pursuits. Having heard the actual sinking report and seeing the whole craft above the water, it is actually kind of unnerving to learn the heavy duty aluminum boats can be sunk, even though there are manufacturers who claim their boats are "unsinkable"! I'll avoid naming specific companies, but a quick search online will let curious people find out which builders are making "unsinkable" aluminum watercraft. I'm totally hooked on this channel after one video! Thank you so much for your work and I wish everyone there good luck on future projects!
I am so into this, i drag the river all the time when i am fishing, i caught 15 anchors, 4 fishing rods, electric trolling motor, over 100lbs of fishing sinkers and other stuff but you guys have taken this recycling thing to a whole other level. Those motors look great i just bought a new 9.9, what size are those motors, they must be worth a fortune?
This is the best show ever, especially the episode with you and your daughter and that suitcase. we have watched it several times and laughed every time, thank you.
@@masonparr8950 The idea of sticking my hand in a hole like that just causes shivers. We had eels in our river. The folks would go out at night fishing for them when I was real small.
@@dundonrl yeah while we're backseat drivers talking pointless hypotheticals they should have just got a military chinook to just hoist it home, personally i wouldn't even bother with a trailer.
I once pulled a 1981 Chevrolet Chevette out of a river. I saw it at a boat ramp and contacted the owner. He said it had been in there for two days. I could have it if I pulled it out and gave him the boat trailer it was attached to. It was easy to pull it out and I had it running the same day. I drove it home. I kept the ugly little guy three years and it never gave me a day of trouble. I did not even bother to change the manual transmission gear grease until the following weekend and it did fine. I pulled out the carpet, headliner, and threw out the back seat. I drove it like that for the rest of my ownership of it. When I tried trading it in I could not sign the document that asked if it was flooded. But I got my use of it.
"Theres a million ways to do something this is the way we chose to do it...." I like that answer. Shuts the other person up real quick😂 I'm definitely putting that one in my book. Great recovery and video!
Unbelieveable how far under the sand she was. Looked brand spanking new when pulled out though. Really cool video, I thoroughly enjoyed that, thank you!
Come on guys, you need a wash out, clean out, motor removal-flush out and start up video series on this project! Follow through! You know..."The Rest of the Story"!👍👍
@@marvindebot3264 The engine hit the water at full throttle, at minimum it has a broken rod from being hydro locked. I was a certified Honda mechanic in the USCG, those motors are beasts, we beat the crap out of them and only lost lower units occasionally from doing “J” turns , only engine problems we ever had was from the stupid o2 sensors that failed all the damn time.
Well, taking into account how much time and energy (and supplies, too) was spent, it wasn't free for sure. Still seems like a nice profit (I wonder how much the manufacturer ended up paying for the retrieved vessel)
I don't know for certain but when I was a kid we lived in Utah. My dad was known for doing some scrap metal work. Someone told him there is a large boat like a military boat sunk in Schofield reservoir. Might be worth checking into.
On the way back that night there was not enough tongue weight to trailer safely. Jared thought he would roll down a different and steeper boat ramp and slam on the brakes in the hopes of skootching the boat forward a bit on the trailer. He underestimated the boat weight and almost went in the water head first. That would have been another good video. Get out the lift bags...
Hoorah for O'Three suits of Portland, Dorset, England!!!! Great guys, great service and great suits! As used by the professionals running the RN Dunker @RNAS Yeovilton
@@gibco25-offical56 well, the manual for my boat has instructions on how to recover the engine after sinking, if the engines held up and didnt corrode you might be able to salvage them
I salvaged a 30' 1967 Colombia sailboat. At high tide I could swim through the hole in it's side. I patched it with plywood and pumped out the water so my friend "Go" John could tow it to the dry dock. Thanks John!
It was amazing just how much sand and silt was on the boat at the time of recovery another year and it would have been lost i really appreciate your video and the recovery was impressive did you manage to get the electrical and the motors running ??? I would love to own a boat like that somewhere in Alaska i used to build lake yachts in Tennessee for a company called Norris yachts inc i could build the boat itself im an experienced combo welder in both aluminum, mild steel, and stainless steel arc ,mig , and tig , i have also welded using mig dual Shield ,and flux core mig i was school trained and i have 27 yeses of experience. Im also trying to get my va disability for injuries suffered in basic training at fort dix NJ in 1988 B co 3/26 Infantry
I was in that gorge at the beginning of October. The friend I was visiting showed me a boat at Rooster Rock. The fact that it's this boat...Blows my mind.
I also have an Escalade, 2008 EXT which is like the Avalanche and let me tell you these trucks are towing monsters if you have the 6.2 and all wheel drive. I have a 35' boat that combined with the trailer is around 14,000 pounds and I pull it out of the water with my Escalade like it isn't even there. Wet ramp and all. I also tow a large travel trailer regularly and again it hauls it like nothing. No Escalade's do not "suck", that is a subjective term. I think Ford Explorers and Expeditions fucking suck how about that, and I say that has having owned one and driven many. Most people that say a certain vehicle sucks have never owned one, it's just built by the company that is a competitor of their favorite brand. LOL
While i would have been far less patient and probably cracked the hull lifting instead of evaluating it.. i will tell you what they did right. The gorge winds are no effing joke. You must oblige.
I kind of thought it detracted from the whole experience itself tbh, the crew, knowing one of their associates died, probably felt it best if boat lay to rest much like their friend. Good video non-the-less but condolences to he/she who parishes
Wow thats amazing I wanted a boat like that for years but to big for me now days sucks being disabeld but love that style boat and good job guys. Nice find. God bless
First time viewing this channel. Been living in Oregon since I was 12 years old, which has meant decades of outdoors experience hiking, hunting, wilderness packing, and of course lots of time involved with the countless lakes, ponds, rivers, small streams and a lot of offshore fishing for salmon, halibut, lingcod, rockfish, and excellent catches while crabbing. Prior to past and fairly recent injuries eliminating all of my recreational activities, I enjoyed looking for underwater treasures too. I once had a handful of favored spots for making annual hauls of fishing tackle that would be freed from big wads of monofilament and underwater snags that kept expensive trips to tackle stores minimized. I was wondering if these searches for boats buried in silt included applying salvage tags prior to bringing them to the surface and cleaning them up. Seeing the vacuum used to clear away what seems like an extreme amount of sand and silt for the amount of time the boat was there has me thinking about the so-called "mailbox" technique created and mastered by the crew in Florida that recovered hundreds of millions of dollars in sunken treasure from the sunken Spanish galleon Atocha. Using engine power to displace the covering layer of fine silt with the large bore diameter and boat engine is supposedly a minutes long mission rather than hours of work with a smaller diameter vacuum hose. Anyhow, if anyone from the channel reads this I'm really glad you guys are doing what you do, glad to see it going well, and as I will continue to watch and follow I'll be sure and spread the word of your adventures and community service with plenty of other people.
Poor wife fell in the river 3 minutes before we pulled it out with her Escalade. She's a trooper for sure putting up with my antics and being involved for most of them.
I'm amazed at how quick the rivers are silting up! For a relatively medium flowing wide river there must be an enormous soil load. I wonder how much is agriculture or mining related?
That’s amazing how he gave y’all the boat and all he asked in return was for y’all to give him a shout out so more people could see and spread the positivity
Right on! I'm an automotive mechanic, and I've rebuilt a few outboards. I'd be flushing them with fresh water the SECOND they came out of the water!! Yeah, I'd be focused on the engines too...
@@scottmichael3745 unless these engines are 4 stroke, likely not the leaf plates have to be pulled. Turning engine over without pulling leaf plates pops the crankshaft seals resulting in having to pull power head. Once engine is exposed to air you have about 30 minutes to avoid serious rust by rinsing, drying and soaking in oil. I ran a marina and delt with a least 1 submerged engine a week and if I couldn't get to it immediately I left it submerged in our test tank til I could get to it.
I was wondering why they wouldn't have pulled the engines off immediately but I didn't realize they'd start rusting that fast, I'm guessing they wouldn't have been able to get them ashore and washed down that quickly.
@@barrylinkiewich9688 I was a serious scuba diver back in the late 70s to early 80s. I helped recover a outboard motor from 40 feet down with nothing more than a 15x15 foot fishing net and some large trash bags... I tied the net to the motor and then stuffed the trash bags into the net and partially inflated them with air from my tank. As soon as the motor was essentially weightless I towed it to the surface. Took me longer to find the motor than it took to raise it. We left it submerged in the lake water while we towed it back to the landing with the boat. The owner had called the outboard repair shop the day before and they met us at the landing with their salvage kit... it was kept wet until it was on the workbench. It was running a few days later and back on the stern of the boat the following week.
What I see is how you saved all the hard work and many hours that the welders spent welding up all the aluminum pieces to fabricate this awesome boat when it was originally made. Thanks for saving it.
Hey I just found your channel a few weeks ago. I love what you do. If theres any way you ever need any help let me know. I would love to help give back. You seem like such amazing and wholesome person. Keep up the great work. We need more people on the world like you brotha.
Really appreciate that. If you're ever up in the PNW, hit me up. And if you happen to know of 4-5 solid targets in your area, let me know and I might just have to make a trip.
You should really think about checking the Columbia river and the snake river on the Washington side. I used to live in the tri-cities and wouldn't be surprised at anything you would find. Love watching your videos!
That's a fantastic thing you fellas did, a great achievement. I know nothing about this, but have often wondered about the possibility of refloating sunken boats. Nice one 👍.
We lost a SWIFT Boat in Vietnam by having the waves wash up over the stern. The boat got grounded and that made it even worse. We completely restored the boat and it was back in action by turn over to SVN.
Why would a boat of that value be left and not recovered immediately (by the owner or insurance company)? UPDATE: Ok, I watched more and saw where the professional boat finders couldn't find it and this fellow found it with about 100 hours work.
The pros would have found it eventually but I suspect the insurance company weighed the cost of finding and recovering it vs. the cost of paying out and discovered it would be cheaper to just pay out.
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I did something similar. My sons boat sank. The skies were cloudy with a sustained wind of about 4mph. I didn’t have a wet suit or other proper gear. But as dusk was setting in really quickly with a storm on the horizon, I used my big toe to hook the antenna and pull the boat up from the depths of our above ground pool. It was an RC Boat that was bought at Walmart.
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The hero we need but don't deserve.
Well done scuba Steve!
Not all heros wear capes
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What was the depth that you were working? One of the wonderful traits of aluminum is that after 2.5 yrs, its’s still almost shines. You can’t beat a properly built welded aluminum boat! Well done guys.
Honda made a car called the "Insight." The first generation of it, at least of the first year (I'm not sure of all years from 2000 - 2006) was aluminum. I once wanted to buy one, but I never did.
The boat was at about 30 feet.
@@101VoltsI've seen those cars in the wrecking yards I don't think you want one if someone hits you, it's like putting your finger in a pop can and stomping on it.
Fourth video I’ve watched of yours in 2 days. Wife thinks I’m doing taxes down in the basement office. I just ran across your channel yesterday. I’m a new subscriber for sure, and love the vids! Can’t wait for the next
Lol I’ve watched about 15 of them in three /four days while resting in bed!! It’s my summer break!!!
Lol, same here. I'm on day 3 straight
Honey, the damn IRS makes it so complicated...
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Your funny dude ..... now its 2 years later you still a fan??? I know I am .....
YAMAHA V4 2-Stroke sounds so Good !!!
Great video, fun and informative, well done!
I would love to see a video on the repair/restoration of the boat.
Would be a great video for sure. However, Archer has plans to sell the boat and not put any more money into this project.
I was thinking the same thing
Adventures with Purpose That looked like a “Pacific” workboat. We are currently in the market for another one. I’d be interested to know what he is asking for it...
@@scottgard Maybe you must post it directly. I dont know if they will read all the comments under my post. or email them directly on
team@trevari.com
@@scottgard I looked for Pacific Skiff sticker on the aft side of boat.I had a 19 ft. model for 5 years.Well made boats.Mine had a lot of foam under deck and gunnels.
Boating 101;..keep the water on the outside of the hull
Keep the water out side the boat, keep the smoke inside the electronics, and the rudder side down.
I guess they did once the insurance came through stay off that boat they could probably care less about it after that
The four kisses of death: don't kiss another ship with your ship, don't kiss the bottom with your ship, don't kiss a buoy with your ship, and don't kiss an enlisted!
Not that one, I LIKE! Lol. :-)
Liberty Patriot - _Somebody's_ just _full_ of opinions today, aren't they?? 😂😂😂😂
No better bilge pump than a scared man with a bucket.
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FUNNNNNY!!!!!!!!
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Rich Bro scared SAILOR and a bucket- ‘have to be gender neutral’ ⚓️
He was so excited, to tell story, about how boat sunk. That’s passion!
I just cant help it! I get excited by solving mysteries.
Absolutely incredible, I just happened on your channel, and I have burned the last 2 hours watching videos. Jared I believe your far better than the "dive treasure" channels i've watched with my son while he waits until he is old enough to start diving open water. You explain how your getting stuff out of the water, and why... Where I watch you DO where others simple would say "you can't" or "thats not possible"... Its a little funny to watch your interactions with your crew and you say "It will take me 4 hours" and it takes 6 days, your so relatable. I. hope you get more sponsors and I hope your channel goes far!
Thanks for watching and your time to comment. I believe there's nothing which can't be conquered. I might underestimate the timing of it at times.. 😅
In the end, we have a blast with friends with stories to tell for years to come. Thanks again for your support.
Wow! Now that I have watched the rest of the video and had my salvage question answered I wanted to come back to once again compliment this team and their extraordinary efforts! That boat is indeed everything I wanted to build or buy before injuries ended my recreational pursuits.
Having heard the actual sinking report and seeing the whole craft above the water, it is actually kind of unnerving to learn the heavy duty aluminum boats can be sunk, even though there are manufacturers who claim their boats are "unsinkable"!
I'll avoid naming specific companies, but a quick search online will let curious people find out which builders are making "unsinkable" aluminum watercraft.
I'm totally hooked on this channel after one video! Thank you so much for your work and I wish everyone there good luck on future projects!
Kudos guys! I am a retired veteran who is into boats and hope to get to be your friends. God bless you all. Great job done.
I am so into this, i drag the river all the time when i am fishing, i caught 15 anchors, 4 fishing rods, electric trolling motor, over 100lbs of fishing sinkers and other stuff but you guys have taken this recycling thing to a whole other level. Those motors look great i just bought a new 9.9, what size are those motors, they must be worth a fortune?
I think what you and your partners are doing is a GOD sent task.
Seeing what you are doing, brings hope back to HUMANITY !!! God bless.
This is quite a mini adventure here! You don't see something like this every day! Salvaged from the bottom. Thanks for taking us with you!
That's a lot of hard work. I hope he and boat have a long life together.
I think the company bought it back for cheep
Great work and video guys. Really enjoyed watching. :)
This is the best show ever, especially the episode with you and your daughter and that suitcase. we have watched it several times and laughed every time, thank you.
Only 2 years and that boat was almost half buried in that silt. Nature takes over fast.
Only ?
@@D-dly0 wasn't tidal forces that caused the boat to be covered in sand
@@ocoolwow I'm gonna have ta agree with you there it's a mostly calm River or lake from the looks of it. Not the bearing sea or Atlantic ocean lol.
@@ttk-stephenfox1507 I mean water bodies won't be calm all 365 days if the year. In my head, 2 years is a really long time.
@@TetaGama yes I know but usually during the week a lake is typically calm unless there is a storm.
Props to that suv for being able to muscle that hunk out of the water!
Anyone in aw that they did all that and pulled it out with a caddy on 22s?
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Same
That poor Escalade is so over-weight towing that boat.
GM LS Power!!!!!
@Patrick D doesnt mean it's meant for it....
Love how crystal clear, we can watch you all work on the recovery!
I have a phobia of swimming in bodies water and I would be a train wreck doing the things you do. Somehow, I find your videos calming. Thank you! 😊
Yup me too. I’m okay if I’m in shallow, up to chest deep then no more.
@@masonparr8950 The idea of sticking my hand in a hole like that just causes shivers. We had eels in our river. The folks would go out at night fishing for them when I was real small.
LOL When you pulled that boat out with a SUV I was dyin!
Boat was heavy still had alot of sand and water in it at that point. We took it up the boat ramp to empty some more water.
@@AdventuresWithPurpose I'd have got a more appropriate vehicle to tow the trailer with, maybe a diesel powered 3/4 or 1 ton pickup.
@@dundonrl We work with what we have... but if you are offering one up, I can certainly get you a delivery address. 😉
@@dundonrl yeah while we're backseat drivers talking pointless hypotheticals they should have just got a military chinook to just hoist it home, personally i wouldn't even bother with a trailer.
Meh awd 6.2l it will do it doesn't mean it should but it will lol
I once pulled a 1981 Chevrolet Chevette out of a river. I saw it at a boat ramp and contacted the owner. He said it had been in there for two days. I could have it if I pulled it out and gave him the boat trailer it was attached to. It was easy to pull it out and I had it running the same day. I drove it home. I kept the ugly little guy three years and it never gave me a day of trouble. I did not even bother to change the manual transmission gear grease until the following weekend and it did fine. I pulled out the carpet, headliner, and threw out the back seat. I drove it like that for the rest of my ownership of it. When I tried trading it in I could not sign the document that asked if it was flooded. But I got my use of it.
The dude was using a chevy chevette to launch or retrieve a boat?!!! Hard to believe that it ended up where it did, lol.
Dave Micolichek he said he had it running the same day, AND THEN drove it home..... it’s a chevette, completely possible.....
"Theres a million ways to do something this is the way we chose to do it...."
I like that answer. Shuts the other person up real quick😂 I'm definitely putting that one in my book. Great recovery and video!
I'm a construction electrician, the guys I work with say "There's the right way, the wrong way, and Smith's way.
And my favorite, "if i'd agreed with you, we'd both be wrong"!
We used to make lift bags out of waterbed mattresses. They worked great!
That was a clean little boat. Congrats
It doesn't get any better than that. Impressive !
Unbelieveable how far under the sand she was. Looked brand spanking new when pulled out though. Really cool video, I thoroughly enjoyed that, thank you!
Come on guys, you need a wash out, clean out, motor removal-flush out and start up video series on this project! Follow through! You know..."The Rest of the Story"!👍👍
Why bother when the factory that makes them is willing to buy it back , let them do the work while you count your stack of cash.
Actually, fresh cold water yes the engines will need work but they not be a complete write-off.
@@marvindebot3264 The engine hit the water at full throttle, at minimum it has a broken rod from being hydro locked.
I was a certified Honda mechanic in the USCG, those motors are beasts, we beat the
crap out of them and only lost lower units occasionally from doing “J” turns , only engine problems we ever had was from the stupid o2 sensors that failed all the damn time.
@@extractedentertainment8213 OK if it hit at WoT it's toast but do we know that?
And, given the day, thank you for your service sir.
That was great to know how the boat was made available great info.jarrod thanks again don't miss anything.😊
When you go out with an empty boat trailer. And bring back a free boat.
Well, taking into account how much time and energy (and supplies, too) was spent, it wasn't free for sure. Still seems like a nice profit (I wonder how much the manufacturer ended up paying for the retrieved vessel)
There is no such thing as a free boat. :-)
Loved the hard work and the boat actually out of the water. what a job. thanks.
Hell of a job guys! That was AWESOME! Man, that was fun to watch!
Thanks Buddy... Most committed I've ever been to a video yet.
@@AdventuresWithPurpose It paid off, great video man, epic recovery!
Finally some good TH-cam content!! Now for 2 or 3 more years of sifting through trash......
O, three ilove the brand best neopreen dive suites on the planet👍👍👍
I don't know for certain but when I was a kid we lived in Utah. My dad was known for doing some scrap metal work. Someone told him there is a large boat like a military boat sunk in Schofield reservoir. Might be worth checking into.
I was waiting for the prelude to the next video: Recovering a sunken SUV and trailer lost when trying to recover a sunken boat.
Most interesting trailering technique I've ever seen 😂
On the way back that night there was not enough tongue weight to trailer safely. Jared thought he would roll down a different and steeper boat ramp and slam on the brakes in the hopes of skootching the boat forward a bit on the trailer.
He underestimated the boat weight and almost went in the water head first.
That would have been another good video.
Get out the lift bags...
A 2 wheel drive Escalade with low profile tires is NOT a recovery vehicle !!!
Never seen a 2wd Escalade, mines only a 2008 though
@@codileecaldwell430 Back wheel was spinning pretty good though!
Hoorah for O'Three suits of Portland, Dorset, England!!!! Great guys, great service and great suits! As used by the professionals running the RN Dunker @RNAS Yeovilton
Wow amazing recovery. Prayers for the family of the fallen tribal officer.
A man died trying to help save salmon awesome person
Hey Jared:
That was enjoyable to watch. You should have that guy be part of AWP. And you can have extra expertise for recoveries.
Makes ya wonder: how much stuff is still out there (and elsewhere) and just totally silted over?
You have no idea....
Thousands of aluminum boats on the bottoms of rivers.
oversoul Stuff down there from 3 - 4 hundred years ago. Like GOLD
lewis and clarke traveled that river!!!
Lots of stuff,most of which the owners hope are never found.
....thumbs up guy's , reminded me of days gone by recovering sunken boats and stolen cars for the River and Docks Authority.......... U.K. .........
That is perfect for what you do , and it was sunk in fresh water . The engines are both salvageable and the hull looks fine .
As you think. It would need more then an engine. It’s likely more then the boat brand new!!!
@@gibco25-offical56 well, the manual for my boat has instructions on how to recover the engine after sinking, if the engines held up and didnt corrode you might be able to salvage them
This was so much fun mr L, it's so sad someone died when it went down.
These guys are smart , brave and enthusiastic, deserve all they get, I don’t scuba dive - that in itself is very challenging, great job .
I salvaged a 30' 1967 Colombia sailboat. At high tide I could swim through the hole in it's side. I patched it with plywood and pumped out the water so my friend "Go" John could tow it to the dry dock. Thanks John!
It was amazing just how much sand and silt was on the boat at the time of recovery another year and it would have been lost i really appreciate your video and the recovery was impressive did you manage to get the electrical and the motors running ??? I would love to own a boat like that somewhere in Alaska i used to build lake yachts in Tennessee for a company called Norris yachts inc i could build the boat itself im an experienced combo welder in both aluminum, mild steel, and stainless steel arc ,mig , and tig , i have also welded using mig dual Shield ,and flux core mig i was school trained and i have 27 yeses of experience. Im also trying to get my va disability for injuries suffered in basic training at fort dix NJ in 1988 B co 3/26 Infantry
I was in that gorge at the beginning of October. The friend I was visiting showed me a boat at Rooster Rock. The fact that it's this boat...Blows my mind.
That's awesome!
You pulled that bad boy out with a Escalade.... I own an Escalade and I won’t dare to do that ..... well done guys 😊😊
Hayden Blanchard true
I also have an Escalade, 2008 EXT which is like the Avalanche and let me tell you these trucks are towing monsters if you have the 6.2 and all wheel drive. I have a 35' boat that combined with the trailer is around 14,000 pounds and I pull it out of the water with my Escalade like it isn't even there. Wet ramp and all. I also tow a large travel trailer regularly and again it hauls it like nothing. No Escalade's do not "suck", that is a subjective term. I think Ford Explorers and Expeditions fucking suck how about that, and I say that has having owned one and driven many. Most people that say a certain vehicle sucks have never owned one, it's just built by the company that is a competitor of their favorite brand. LOL
ScarabChris you just look like a douche using an Escalade to toe stuff tho. It’s like attaching a trailer to a Mercedes
Probably a rented Escalade!
Great video, keep up the good work.
That's amazing to watch
While i would have been far less patient and probably cracked the hull lifting instead of evaluating it.. i will tell you what they did right. The gorge winds are no effing joke. You must oblige.
Creepiest thing was seeing both throttles at max... Must've been one hell of a ride.
Probobly started taking on water and they just gunned it for shore.
Will S no, they rolled on a big wave, they didnt sink slowly
ALL YOU NEED IS SOME FLEX TAPE.
That makes no sense.. If there was a leak then it would make sense, But this boat was tipped over by a wave.
Tony Solar I meant it as a joke but thanks for telling me the story behind the sinkin though
"But this boat was tipped over by a wave."
Seal the topsides with Flex Tape. BOOM
oversoul WITH CLEAR FLEX GLUE, ANYTHING CAN BE FIX, STRENGTHENED AND REPAIRED.
Exactly
That boat turns out looking the absolute ducks guts. Great work on getting it.
I think it seems like a nice little boat yeah.
Love how these guys clean lakes, cool that they got the boat out of the river too
That's was an awesome story. Really enjoyed watching the process.
It was a fun, long project for sure!
That was the most amazing explanation of the sinking of the boat
That guy is great
I kind of thought it detracted from the whole experience itself tbh, the crew, knowing one of their associates died, probably felt it best if boat lay to rest much like their friend. Good video non-the-less but condolences to he/she who parishes
Fantastic Job Everyone👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thanks Again for Helping to Save Our World 🌎 ♥️🙏🏼
Is that an underwater vacuum lol that's thee most satisfying thing ive ever seen
This was seriously great to watch - I really loved it
Wow thats amazing I wanted a boat like that for years but to big for me now days sucks being disabeld but love that style boat and good job guys. Nice find. God bless
You guys seem so nonchalant about a high-risk recovery situation! Nice job, fellas!
Cool video!
glad you found it and able to get it.
So so good ! Thank y’all for sharing this video with us . God bless y’all and keep y’all safe ❤️
Awesome find am still waiting on to find the one ill bring back to life . be safe out there .
Great job, can't wait to see your helicopter find.
Best one yet!
Way to go guys awesome video
First time viewing this channel. Been living in Oregon since I was 12 years old, which has meant decades of outdoors experience hiking, hunting, wilderness packing, and of course lots of time involved with the countless lakes, ponds, rivers, small streams and a lot of offshore fishing for salmon, halibut, lingcod, rockfish, and excellent catches while crabbing.
Prior to past and fairly recent injuries eliminating all of my recreational activities, I enjoyed looking for underwater treasures too. I once had a handful of favored spots for making annual hauls of fishing tackle that would be freed from big wads of monofilament and underwater snags that kept expensive trips to tackle stores minimized. I was wondering if these searches for boats buried in silt included applying salvage tags prior to bringing them to the surface and cleaning them up.
Seeing the vacuum used to clear away what seems like an extreme amount of sand and silt for the amount of time the boat was there has me thinking about the so-called "mailbox" technique created and mastered by the crew in Florida that recovered hundreds of millions of dollars in sunken treasure from the sunken Spanish galleon Atocha. Using engine power to displace the covering layer of fine silt with the large bore diameter and boat engine is supposedly a minutes long mission rather than hours of work with a smaller diameter vacuum hose. Anyhow, if anyone from the channel reads this I'm really glad you guys are doing what you do, glad to see it going well, and as I will continue to watch and follow I'll be sure and spread the word of your adventures and community service with plenty of other people.
Scariest part of the entire recovery for me was watching you guys retrieving the boat at the launch cold, dark and wet with the wife’s Escalade! 😂
Poor wife fell in the river 3 minutes before we pulled it out with her Escalade. She's a trooper for sure putting up with my antics and being involved for most of them.
@@AdventuresWithPurpose boat that size needs a f450 or f550 that caddy's tranny wont hold up long doin that to it.
@@peterbiltxr379
They certainly need a bigger Truck lol
pm H NO kidding, boat too heavy for that; plus was it only 2wd?
Good job there wasn't a soccer game on or they'd have had to hook the Accord to the trailer :)
I'm amazed at how quick the rivers are silting up! For a relatively medium flowing wide river there must be an enormous soil load. I wonder how much is agriculture or mining related?
The Columbia is a huge river, with extremely powerful currents.
That’s amazing how he gave y’all the boat and all he asked in return was for y’all to give him a shout out so more people could see and spread the positivity
Looks a little murky buy there is quite a bit of light and it’s even cloudy, how deep was it? I’m guessing 50’ to 75’.
I'd be trying to save them engines the second they hit air. I'm a OMC certified boat mechanic and them engines dont come cheap.
Right on! I'm an automotive mechanic, and I've rebuilt a few outboards. I'd be flushing them with fresh water the SECOND they came out of the water!! Yeah, I'd be focused on the engines too...
@@scottmichael3745 unless these engines are 4 stroke, likely not the leaf plates have to be pulled. Turning engine over without pulling leaf plates pops the crankshaft seals resulting in having to pull power head. Once engine is exposed to air you have about 30 minutes to avoid serious rust by rinsing, drying and soaking in oil. I ran a marina and delt with a least 1 submerged engine a week and if I couldn't get to it immediately I left it submerged in our test tank til I could get to it.
I was wondering why they wouldn't have pulled the engines off immediately but I didn't realize they'd start rusting that fast, I'm guessing they wouldn't have been able to get them ashore and washed down that quickly.
@@barrylinkiewich9688 I was a serious scuba diver back in the late 70s to early 80s. I helped recover a outboard motor from 40 feet down with nothing more than a 15x15 foot fishing net and some large trash bags... I tied the net to the motor and then stuffed the trash bags into the net and partially inflated them with air from my tank. As soon as the motor was essentially weightless I towed it to the surface. Took me longer to find the motor than it took to raise it. We left it submerged in the lake water while we towed it back to the landing with the boat. The owner had called the outboard repair shop the day before and they met us at the landing with their salvage kit... it was kept wet until it was on the workbench. It was running a few days later and back on the stern of the boat the following week.
@@biga87718 One thing that I can tell you for 100% certain is that those are 4 stroke outboards NOT 2 stroke!
What I see is how you saved all the hard work and many hours that the welders spent welding up all the aluminum pieces to fabricate this awesome boat when it was originally made. Thanks for saving it.
Thanks for your support!
lol "I need a little help. help guise" "what do you want me to get in the water?" "nah i'm good"
I feel bro
Like what the fuck was that? I think the man was dying and on his last breath as he surfaced.
Great Job Guys, i wonder the Outborders still working?
Awesome recovery. That vehicle is wayyy under capacity for that boat. Need a 2500 series vehicle for that boat honestly. Only criticism
If there is black sand that must be flushed out, I am wondering how much gold was washed away through this process, ...?
Hey I just found your channel a few weeks ago. I love what you do. If theres any way you ever need any help let me know. I would love to help give back. You seem like such amazing and wholesome person. Keep up the great work. We need more people on the world like you brotha.
Really appreciate that. If you're ever up in the PNW, hit me up. And if you happen to know of 4-5 solid targets in your area, let me know and I might just have to make a trip.
Been seeing this pop up for some time now & I must say it was fUCKING INTERESTING ASF!!! Loved it!!
Glad you enjoyed it!😂
You should really think about checking the Columbia river and the snake river on the Washington side. I used to live in the tri-cities and wouldn't be surprised at anything you would find. Love watching your videos!
That's a fantastic thing you fellas did, a great achievement. I know nothing about this, but have often wondered about the possibility of refloating sunken boats. Nice one 👍.
Give me the measurements of the boat please I am intrested
We lost a SWIFT Boat in Vietnam by having the waves wash up over the stern. The boat got grounded and that made it even worse.
We completely restored the boat and it was back in action by turn over to SVN.
"This is the happiest I've ever been to bail a boat!" 😂😂
This was so cool. I had a smile the whole video
Yep..thanks for sharing..be safe
Salvage work is hard. Hats off to you guys for getting this done.
Thats a nice boat.. Good $. Here in Alaska metallic boats are the only way to go!
Why would a boat of that value be left and not recovered immediately (by the owner or insurance company)? UPDATE: Ok, I watched more and saw where the professional boat finders couldn't find it and this fellow found it with about 100 hours work.
The pros would have found it eventually but I suspect the insurance company weighed the cost of finding and recovering it vs. the cost of paying out and discovered it would be cheaper to just pay out.
This is so great
Nice score good job ❤
JUST FLAT OUT AMAZING JOB!!!!!!!!!!