A Hans Christian would be a decent salvage.
For sure! I'm surprised there aren't divers there right now trying to re float that boat.
A Hans Christian would be a decent salvage.
Not saying anyone was rude..! It’s fun to see the different directions this has gone.chenega, yes we are being silly, yes we are making up stuff, yes we are do not have any facts. you can say we are rude, BUT,...................................................
i have driven vessels through all thicknesses of ice for thousands of miles. i have been stopped in ice while the engine is running full speed ahead. i have been stopped by ice to then back up a mile or two to ram it again. i have been ice bound for weeks till help came. i have been rescued by ice breakers. i have spent many watches in the bow of the vessel in front of the collision bulkhead watching for damage. i have spun ships in harbors covered with 1,2,and 3 ft of ice then backed into graving docks.
that vessel in the video was not ice bound by that skim ice. if one did not want to risk scratching the yacht finish, any steel workboat or tug could of easily, yes easily gotten the vessel out. that boat was clearly neglected. it was not ice bound for sure.
Hello all. My name is Frank DiNardi and I filmed this video. Some have wondered how I got the before footage. I do photography and videography as a side business here in Connecticut and my normal day job is with a local landscaping company. I have worked for the company for almost 20 years and I’ve seen many strange things around this area but this Boat was towards the top of the list. Last week I innocently went down there and took photographs and video of the boat beacuse it was so strange but so beautiful with all the ice around it. I was going to use the video of the boat as an intro to my next youtube Vlog but on Sunday morning when somebody called me and told me the boat sank I immediately went down there and grabbed some video of it and made the video you’ve all seen. The boat started to sink and Saturday morning and the fire department was called in. They went out on the ice and got to the boat and pumped at whatever water they could get out of it to maintain its buoyancy above water. The owner was present and was told to get a pump and keep it running but he neglected. Well Saturday night the boat sank and everybody on Hamburg Cove woke up Sunday morning looking out of the boat underwater. The boat sank due to total neglect. The ice did not crack the hall. What they are thinking is that the events on the side of the boat that discharge excess water from inside the boat froze up in the boat was not able to drain. It’s a total shame. Everybody around here is up in arms about it.why was this boat abandoned on a mooring...? Hopefully not leaking fuel in such a beautiful harbor
Hello all. My name is Frank DiNardi and I filmed this video. Some have wondered how I got the before footage. I do photography and videography as a side business here in Connecticut and my normal day job is with a local landscaping company. I have worked for the company for almost 20 years and I’ve seen many strange things around this area but this Boat was towards the top of the list. Last week I innocently went down there and took photographs and video of the boat beacuse it was so strange but so beautiful with all the ice around it. I was going to use the video of the boat as an intro to my next youtube Vlog but on Sunday morning when somebody called me and told me the boat sank I immediately went down there and grabbed some video of it and made the video you’ve all seen. The boat started to sink and Saturday morning and the fire department was called in. They went out on the ice and got to the boat and pumped at whatever water they could get out of it to maintain its buoyancy above water. The owner was present and was told to get a pump and keep it running but he neglected. Well Saturday night the boat sank and everybody on Hamburg Cove woke up Sunday morning looking out of the boat underwater. The boat sank due to total neglect. The ice did not crack the hall. What they are thinking is that the events on the side of the boat that discharge excess water from inside the boat froze up in the boat was not able to drain. It’s a total shame. Everybody around here is up in arms about it.I've moored there and can say the cove is surrounded by residential properties. Anyone could have flown the drone over to take pictures. It's not that big. I would call the water brackish.
Little Harbors are not the kind of yachts that owners ignore.
The before and after raises questions.
I am the one that filmed the video. I just wrote a long reply at the end of the forum. Check it out.Something fishy here.
So the boat just suddenly sinks a short time after a choreographed photography flyover while she's still afloat?
A well kept, quality build yacht?
What are the odds?
And the same drone operator just happens to be onsite again after the sinking?
Look at the ice. It's the same thickness in both incidents. The videos were not taken very far apart in time.
Then they added the music.
Drama.
Anytime I see drama and no further explanation, especially on the Internet, fishy.
I don't know what the fishiness is, but there's something odd.
Or it could be that the drone operator's presence and the sinking were fantastically coincidental. And the drone operator, who is apparently fascinated by sailboats, doesn't ask any questions about the incident.
Will thanks. I want it to be clear I had no idea that boat would sink. I love photography and videography and never leave my house without cameras and my drone. It’s a crazy crazy story and after I had the before and after film I had to put that video together! I think I posted to many times on here by accident ps! I cruise the CT river in a little 10 foot zodiac and love it. Sailboat... someday!Hi Frank and welcome to the sailboat owners forum. I visited your youtube post and read some of your comments and replies to others. It is so sad about this beautiful boat. Your video was well done. I believe someone complimented you on your musical pairing for the video. I would like to add my voice to that sentiment.
Thank you for joining us here to offer your insight and knowledge. Stick around, wer have a lot of fun here. Of you don't own a sailboat now, purchase you won't wait long before you get the bug.
-Will (Dragonfly)
Will here is the name I found a photo I had overlooked.https://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1987/little-harbor-53-3122785/
Here's a Little Harbor 53 for sale named Zephyr out of RI. $500,000. Anyone catch the name on the stern in one of those flybys? I thought I could see the letter 'Z' second letter in from the right. Not sure, but a 'U' may have been the last letter. My screen is tiny.
Very good salvage.
-Will (Dragonfly)
A VERY nice home in New England.a asset worth as much as a nice home in New England.
Or just pics of the masthead attachments !...sailboat owners would pay for quality videos of their boats. Many of us buy still images taken from helicopters during races. ....