Friend of mine sunk his Gatortail yesterday. PICS ADDED

He was out at Lake Fausse Pointe to brush our blind and ran it up on the bank. Water rushed over the back and the boat slid back down the bank and sunk right there.

Here's the fricked up part. He had to swim 3 hours across the lake to the state park. He then borrowed a canoe and paddles back to his truck at the Texaco Landing. Wildlife and Fisheries is there and give him a boat ride back to his sunken boat and takes pictures. They then give him some advice on ways to recover his boat.

Long story short, his gator-tail is still sitting on the bottom with the top of the motor sticking out.

We're going tomorrow with some come-a-longs to try and drag it up the bank to recover it. We may try to attach innertubes and life jackets to the back to try and float the back up.

At least it ain't salt water.





Reenactment of the sinking




We showed up with chain saws, come-a-longs, straps, and a chain drop. We cut a few trees so we could pull the boat up, hooked up the chain drop, and pulled it out the water so it could drain. Then we just slid it back in the water. I don't think the motor is in bad shape at all. My buddy called gator tail and Hoyt told him he would be there waiting for him to show up so he could jump
On it right away. Talk about customer service.

I added a few pics of the rescue fleet as well.