When this happens, I guess there's no chance of bringing her up off the bottom, right? Seems a real waste of a boat. And even if she's broken up, her hulls tell a story and her rigging is going to waste.
Does anyone ever go out with sonar and some grappling hooks and try to bring her up?
From this article, it doesn't really appear that she is breaking up or in any real danger of sinking. Wasn't dismasted either... just taking on water. I am wondering how badly she was taking on water, and whether abandoning her was really necessary.
Of course, the people who abandoned her were a professional delivery crew, and it wasn't their boat, and they had little reason not to abandon her... but still...
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her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
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