FINALLY found our boat after the tornado 3 weeks ago .......

[Hair Jig]

A lot of you remember the bad storms that went through ALA, TN, and GA about 3 weeks ago. Our pontoon boat was moored in a covered slip at a local marina that sustained extremely heavy damage. Yesterday, they called and their exact words were .... "HEY, We found your boat!"

It looks dirty, and it was. Remember ... this tub stays in the water except for a spring cleaning every year. But the amount of goop that was deposited on it was appalling.

The tornado picked it up, removed it from under the slip it was in, and placed it on top of another bank of slips that ultimately collapsed onto it. When they got it "dug out", it had landed on a huge piece of foam from another dock section. It's still sitting on the block of foam. The insurance adjuster says they will "take a look at it" in the next few days. Honestly ... I almost hope they total it out and just pay us for it ....

Minor damage to the front of one of the pontoons ... it just rolled the end and the tie eye over almost 90 degrees:



It removed one of the seats (almost) and left it sitting in the boat



Like I said ... It landed on a huge piece of foam The foam block runs all the way to the front of the boat, and out the port side. The boat is sitting about 24" higher on one side than the other.

[bpettus1]

all in all could of been worse . might have to plead your case to get them to total that good luck

[willfish4food]

Trauma Case. Kinda ironic.
Sorry for your damage. Doesn't look too bad.

[1958]

That would suck. Glad you finally got it back in 'mostly' one piece.
Looks like it lived up to it's name.

[Hair Jig]

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Yeah ... that's what the guys at the marina said.

The wife is an ER Veterinarian ... thus, "Trauma Case"

[kstephens]

Considering what all it went through, I think it held up pretty good. Either way, good luck to you with the insurance - they are usually a little more generous in disaster times. I know it takes an act of congress for ours to do anything most times, however, after the ice store came through several years ago, they were great to work with. I hope you have the same luck.

[wildturkey]

Have a friend and their Boat was totaled at the same marina you are talking about. Insurance it trying to work with them to find comparable replacement. Hope your works out.

[Hair Jig]

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I don't know if it is good or not ... but I have "agreed value" coverage. It's insured for the original cost, and it's a 2007 model. I have my doubts if they're going to issue a total loss check on it when they can probably repair it for 1/2 that amount of money.

[timberland]

. Looks like one of the pontoons is off set from the other ??? with that, what does the deck look like?? Did the toon pull apart from the deck? Hope the adjuster is kind to you.

[basfshr27]

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My A$$ they are!

[Hair Jig]

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It's hard to tell what shape the undercarriage is in with it sitting on that block of foam. From what I can tell, the main frame is OK ... but the outdrive is a concern. And we still aren't sure if it was ever pushed down underwater. If it WAS, the engine might be an issue.

We'll just have to be patient and see what they say.

[steveschrank]

Hope the Best my Friend!!! Went by there the other week while working at the shop,and it's a mess for sure!!

[cougarcat22]

Wishing you the best, I hope everything works out for you!

[250bassFL]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by willfish4food &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Trauma Case. Kinda ironic.
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+1 Good luck with the insurance, hope they take care of everything.

[BoatBuggy]

Hope everything works out to your satisfaction.

[jkk]

good luck

[kstephens]

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From my experience (which is limited - and dealt primarily with homeowners) they were a lot less nit-picky when there was wide spread damage as opposed to an isolated incident. Maybe I was lucky in my only disaster type wide spread damage - but they covered everything I was hoping they would and a few other things I was not counting on.

[crawdadking]

GOOD LUCK

[Jdub176]

I gotta say the name fits. Sorry to see that you have to deal with this, and I hope it all works out for you.

[Fish_4_Five]

Although dirty it looks like it held up pretty well. Why do you want them to total it?