Lake Tahoe Sunken Sailboat [1080p60]

We found this sailboat while exploring Lake Tahoe in October 2021.
The ROV used was a modified Blue Robotics BlueROV2 running the Mission Robotics electronics and camera upgrade, as well as the Mission Robotics purpose-built marine robotics software.

[@gig2846]

Whoa! What a find!

[@Road_Rash]

Looks like it's sailing through the mud...very cool! Since it was at full sail, the water flowing over the sails probably kept it upright so that it drove the keel into the mud when it landed...so awesome!

[@bobsyouruncle1574]

Over 40 years that thing's been sitting there!?

[@zjohns3325]

Holy cow! What's the story with this boat?

[@MissionRobotics]

That is a great question! We are not entirely sure. It is surprising that it is sitting upright like this and not tilted on its side. We ran across another sailboat that was leaning on its side, as we would expect, since the keel would be below the hull and cause it to tip over. We might have to go and explore it again to try to find answers!

[@idontextback]

Wow!!!!!
What's the story????

[@zjohns3325]

Also awesome low light camera! Do you have to go to a lower resolution in low light to get that good picture?

[@MissionRobotics]

Thanks! We spent a lot of time and effort to design this camera system for underwater work where there is often very little light. We do not have to drop the resolution or frame rate to get these images. This video was recorded at 1080p 60fps natively.

[@walterwhite1]

We to see more guys

[@agfritzen]

Are you able to identify owners from the number you obscured?

[@Devo1987]

More info about this boat ?

[@luckyman9903]

Why was the sailboats details erased out?

[@MissionRobotics]

Since we do not know under what circumstances the boat ended up on the bottom, we wanted to share what we found while respecting the privacy of the owner.