What Happened and What Now? our SALVAGE SAILBOAT story | Expedition Evans Bonus

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As promised! Here is a short video explaining what happened and what needs to happen with our boat. At least as far as we can tell at this point.
This is a very simplified explanation to give an idea of what’s going on. It may be helpful to think of this as an outline for a very large term paper due at the end of the semester, and not the term paper itself.
There is obviously a LOT more detail and depth into the means, methods, and materials of the repairs we have before us, and we will talk about those more as we get to each step in the repair. This is certainly not a full understanding nor an end of the explaining! We will continue to learn and explain as we go.
As far as the background of the damage – we are discovering more all the time. For example, we now think there is good chance that the boat was grounded at least twice. One time, several years ago which was repaired, and then a second time more recently. We may never know for sure and at the end of the day what matters is the boat’s future and not its past. Well sort of, obviously its past is affecting us very much at the moment, haha.

With love
The Evans’

ps.
We have been consulting with many different types professionals from the very beginning, even before we purchased the boat and continually after. We have talked it over with marine architects, experienced repairmen, our surveyor and Beneteau America. All of which have seen this damage before and have seen it successfully repaired. We appreciate those of you who have expressed concern for our safety. It’s nice to have so many people looking out for us, both on the internet but more importantly in person, watching over, inspecting, guiding, etc. We are young and naïve, no arguments there, but we are also educated, strategic, and gritty. We purchased the boat knowing that we didn’t know enough, but confident that we could learn what we needed to. We obviously can’t guarantee anything – but there’s really no reason why we can’t fix it or that it won’t be a great investment for us, both emotionally and financially.
As far as finances go, both of us losing our source of income at the same time definitely threw a wrench in our plans. But you guys – with how terrible 2020 is for so many, we refuse to complain even a little bit. Real sorrow, real pain makes our little hiccup seem very small. We are hoping to be back to work sooner than later, like so many others. Luckily for us, we’re very well practiced at “getting on” with very little money. It’s like living the good ‘ole newlywed phase all over again.

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*Our Boat*
2008 Beneteau 49
3 cabin 2 head
4JH4-TE
Westerbeke generator
Mast, sails and rig are in excellent condition and in storage
Here’s what we *think* we know about her past. Keep in mind we bought her at auction without ever meeting the owner! The owner was sailing along and ran aground – hard. Hard enough that the keel pivoted and pushed the aft end up into the hull. This force cracked the internal grid in several places and broke a portion of the grid free from hull. At some point an inspection was done, insurance was called and decisions were made. See https://youtu.be/JJ3MruoO2q4 for how we came to own her!

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