My guess is the boat was swamped, but didn't sink. Swamping doesn't get the media attention sunk does. After all, ratings are more important than accuracy.
www.nbcboston.com
I have seen it, looks like a bathtub floating. Doesn't sink just fills up with water
The end of that video states the boat was salvaged and hauled out of the water for repairs, so my guess is it didn't sink...WATCH: Father, Son Clinging to Cooler Rescued After Boat Sinks in Boston Harbor
A father and son held on for their lives by clinging to a cooler and lifebuoy while stranded off the coast of Boston Wednesday evening. Officers Stephen Merrick and Garret Boyle of the Boston Police Harbor Unit responded to the 911 call at 6:30 p.m. “We’re so weak, I can’t even move. Help him...
Still seeing if there are any pictures of the Grady. A big thanks to the officers who showed up in only 15 minutes while the boat was 8 miles out from the harbor. That is a fantastic response time and shows just how quickly you can go from having fun to being in the water swimming for your life and trying to stay afloat. Not wanting to get too into the “armchair quarterback” mindset, though I wonder why the bilge pumps didn’t kick on and pump the water out or why they didn’t stick with the boat itself. A cooler and a life ring, as stated above, wouldn’t have been my first choice, or even second or third.
The whole thing seems kind of vague and like a bit of speculation as they don’t give very many details at all about the incident. Just about anything can be salvaged if it can be retrieved, just depends on the cost to do so for the insurance company and if it makes sense to salvage it or declare it a total loss. Even then, a lot of times if they do declare it a total loss the insurance company will give the owner an option to buy it back from them but a pair of twin motors can be upwards of $50k by themselves. I had a buddy out shrimping with me one time, of which he dropped the one pot down on the one side of the boat and we had a strong current, he told me we were clear so I started motoring away and heard something in the motor. I immediately put it in neutral as I realized he must’ve gotten the shrimp pot line tangled up in the prop, which is what happened. A quick tilt up on the outboard as well as a knife and I got it all loose in less than 30 seconds or so. They must’ve been really close to the rocks to begin with, or much closer than they should’ve been. More speculation, but that’s about all we have to go off off.
