Sunk Houseboat Lake Powell

[socal0487]

Sounds like everyone is OK. Unknown how it happened. HeavyD has another recovery.

 

[Runs2rch]

I think this baller can afford his recovery.

Guessing he took the choppa to safety?!

 

[Singleton]

Worked the Wahweap Houseboat rental dock and main docks during the summers in college.
The number of boats that would go down was insane.
2 main causes IMO. 1) idiots trying to cross bay in bad weather to make return time. All were told you have extra time in bad weather, so don’t push it. 2) hitting a submerged object - equals small crack or low unit gets dislodged from hull causing an issue.

 

[2Driver]

I think this baller can afford his recovery.

Guessing he took the choppa to safety?!

Friend's own a week on one just like that. Its not that expensive as a timeshare…. lol unless a member sinks it

 

[77charger]

Too bad he didn’t have empty beach bags on boat instead of beach he was headed too he could have filled them with air and support the boat.

 

[stephenkatsea]

Curious how this happened. I did notice, according to Accu Wx, Page was getting hit by strong thunderstorms yesterday afternoon. Assume, this is not a rental? That top deck is most definitely marked as a helo pad.

 

[ONE-A-DAY]

Hit with a water cannon?

 

[Marios Metalworks]

Saw videos of this boat earlier. It’s since sunk below the water line and there’s reports of a slick on the surface amongst a debris field near Navajo.

Hopefully everybody is safe.

 

[bk2drvr]

it went under at about 9am this morning. I hope they film the recovery.

 

[Singleton]

Boat is named Knockers. Founder of Vivint Security owns it, Couple pics I found and an update.

UPDATE: Pilot was returning boat to the marina and got caught with wind hitting from the side. Took on water through the vents into the engine compartment. Not sure how they got it to the shore around Buoys 11-12. It sat at this angle all night. With the waves caused by smaller boats going up and down the channel today, the boat capsized and sunk to the boat. No chance of recovery as it’s 300+ feet deep.

 

[Echo Lodge]

Going in 2 weeks... Will bring my dive gear!

 

[Boat 405]

Boat is named Knockers. Founder of Vivint Security owns it, Couple pics I found and an update.

UPDATE: Pilot was returning boat to the marina and got caught with wind hitting from the side. Took on water through the vents into the engine compartment. Not sure how they got it to the shore around Buoys 11-12. It sat at this angle all night. With the waves caused by smaller boats going up and down the channel today, the boat capsized and sunk to the boat. No chance of recovery as it’s 300+ feet deep.

They have found and raised bodies in 400 feet water with submersibles.

I bet the insurance company will spend 100,000 plus grand to recover before they openly write a check for a few million. I bet they send down submersibles with hooks and bags and raise the fucker.

 

[Singleton]

They have found and raised bodies in 400 feet water with submersibles.

I bet the insurance company will spend 100,000 plus grand to recover before they openly write a check for a few million. I bet they send down submersibles with hooks and bags and raise the fucker.

Aramark has the recovery contract for Powell and they don’t have equipment to go that deep. They can recover when sunk on a beach, but not in deep water. Only way this thing sees light again is if the NPS say go get it and someone pays 6 figures for someone to get it.

 

[ONE-A-DAY]

It’s 300 feet that close to shore even now?

 

[Boat 405]

Aramark has the recovery contract for Powell and they don’t have equipment to go that deep. They can recover when sunk on a beach, but not in deep water. Only way this thing sees light again is if the NPS say go get it and someone pays 6 figures for someone to get it.

My guess is they’ll subcontract it out. It’s been done before.

 

[bk2drvr]

Boat is named Knockers. Founder of Vivint Security owns it, Couple pics I found and an update.

UPDATE: Pilot was returning boat to the marina and got caught with wind hitting from the side. Took on water through the vents into the engine compartment. Not sure how they got it to the shore around Buoys 11-12. It sat at this angle all night. With the waves caused by smaller boats going up and down the channel today, the boat capsized and sunk to the boat. No chance of recovery as it’s 300+ feet deep.

Took on water through the vents to engine compartment? Gotta be more to this.

 

[Singleton]

Took on water through the vents to engine compartment? Gotta be more to this.

100% agree. That is the post I found online.
the boat with the twin Yamahas was the pilots boat, he pushed it towards shore, so something else occurred IMO. I think it hit a submerged item and that cause hull integrity issues.

 

[LHC Kirby]

Aramark has the recovery contract for Powell and they don’t have equipment to go that deep. and someone pays 6 figures for someone to get it.

That someone would be insurance company. I doubt hitting at 300' it's going to be worth pulling up... but the NPS might just say - "get it out"

 

[LHC Kirby]

Going in 2 weeks... Will bring my dive gear!

You can go 300' deep ?

 

[Echo Lodge]

You can go 300' deep ?

Only diving I will be doing is into my cooler . But the incident is a reminder that the topography has changed dramatically and we will be mindful driving out 65 foot houseboat to Last Chance and when doing our day trips in our Nautique. Additionally, we are always checking the weather!

 

[COCA COLA COWBOY]

Just give it a bit of time and the water level will go down and it will be exposed.

 

[havasujeeper]

If that boat was built with as much care as the Vivint Security systems, I have no doubt why it sank. Horrible security systems.

 

[77charger]

They have found and raised bodies in 400 feet water with submersibles.

I bet the insurance company will spend 100,000 plus grand to recover before they openly write a check for a few million. I bet they send down submersibles with hooks and bags and raise the fucker.

Agree insurance will spend 6 figures if they are confident they can get out of paying out the full amount.Its a cost vs reward some think they can sink a boat in 200ft and wont get looked at but if insurance suspects fraud they will send divers to bring it up.

 

[OCMerrill]

Heavy D to the curtsey phone, fab up a sub, get a permit, see you tomorrow.

 

[HTTP404]

Boat is named Knockers. Founder of Vivint Security owns it, Couple pics I found and an update.

I guess a little pay back for all those annoying door to door sales people for years.

 

[J DUNN]

I know where it sank and it is definitely 300' deep there, I just saw it on my depth gauge last week. I don't know about stated reason for sinking, water in vents, seems like it would be something more than that. I will say, from Wahweap Marina to Antelope (which is where this sank) there is not much in the way of unmarked shallow spots, none that I know of in the middle of the channel which is where this boat would be running. That's not to say that the previous user or pilot didn't put it onto a rock while beaching it for a user then new pilot goes to bring it back and it starts going down.

What I don't get is:
1. Why can't bilge pumps keep up with water coming in engine vents?
2. Why are engine vents that low to allow water in?
3. Why does nobody get on that thing same day with massive water pumps and some float bags under it to save it?

Seems like if it doesn't go under until the next day that there was some lost opportunity there.

Either way there must have been an issue with some bolt on equipment because this just doesn't seem natural.

 

[OCMerrill]

100% agree. That is the post I found online.
the boat with the twin Yamahas was the pilots boat, he pushed it towards shore, so something else occurred IMO. I think it hit a submerged item and that cause hull integrity issues.

Well this security company has reveled its weakest link.

 

[92562]

It’s 300 feet that close to shore even now?

Could be deeper. It is 407' at the dam today so at mile marker 10-11 it is probably more than 300. The canyon walls there are pretty much vertical.

 

[havasuhusker]

Only diving I will be doing is into my cooler . But the incident is a reminder that the topography has changed dramatically and we will be mindful driving out 65 foot houseboat to Last Chance and when doing our day trips in our Nautique. Additionally, we are always checking the weather!

There was a little rock island in the middle of LC when we were there for Memorial weekend and week after. However, the water was rising and it might now be under water, but I'd imagine it's not very deep. It wasn't marked so just be mindful.

 

[Sherpa]

Later, is that you out there?

Lol..

Only old timers will get the reference.

—Sherpa

 

[Boat 405]

It’s 300 feet that close to shore even now?

It’s probably more like 400 feet. Its in the main channel

 

[mesquito_creek]

It would take a team of divers on a trimix rebreather ready to do a recovery in pitch black zero viz and several weeks of planning and work… I think the first 100 grand would just be spent in the feasibility planning stage… if a prevost RV weighs about 50k lbs what does this boat weight? 250k?

I am going to guess this boat is gone..

 

[Ladsm]

Heavy D's boat was reported as 300' down and he got it out with air bags but that Pavati is definitely not the size of that monster.

 

[mesquito_creek]

Plus you would probably have to chase a weather window and shut down the channel with divers at work

 

[bk2drvr]

With social media we will find out if they decide to raise it or not. If they do I hope they document it online. Would love to watch the process.

 

[TVMNick]

Bad deal for sure, we were in the marina when we saw the Adonia team and Dave (Owner of Adonia) rushing out of the marina. We weren't sure what was going on and later heard that Knockers was down.

I have some serious questions about the efforts that were (or were not) made to save the vessel. Hopefully more of the story unfolds and we get the true run down of what happened.

 

[Ladsm]

it was found at around 100'

yep just saw your post of the screw in plug

 

[Ladsm]

I wonder why they couldnt install some kind of airbag system on these expensive boats so if it started going down you could deploy air bags and at least keep it somewhat afloat. Maybe a central bottle in the boat with piping to 4 corners and can be deployed via a solenoid from the cockpit.

 

[Boat 405]

Heavy D's boat was reported as 300' down and he got it out with air bags but that Pavati is definitely not the size of that monster.

The Pavati was at 90'. I assuming hard hat type divers. Lights, and equipment to do so.

 

[Sherpa]

Recreational dive limit is 130 feet.
32% nitrox limits to 113 feet.
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At approx 110 feet on a HP steel 100 starting at 3200 psi my usual is about a 15-25 minute dive with 2 safety stops around 60 and 20 feet.

That boat at 300 is about beyond even rebreather tech rigs. Even with numerous 02 and canned gas staged bottles.

You’re at hard hat staged depth diver/decom
Shit. Better just to use ROVs on it..

 

[Sherpa]

Somebody had to have recorded that boat going turtle….

 

[Marios Metalworks]

Can you imagine the logistics of getting a dive bell on site!?

 

[Boat 405]

You guys do realize they will most likely use a remote controlled submersible? They have done it before at Powell.

TowBoatUS San Diego travels to Lake Powell to raise boat from the depths before spring thaw • Towboat US San Diego

The deep water vessel recovery team at Vessel Assist San Diego, led by Captain Robert Butler, was tasked with raising …

towboatussandiego.com

They have recovered stuff at over 450' in the past with success. Airbags are incredibly powerful when lifting heavy objects.

 

[Marios Metalworks]

That’s a good read above but I believe there’s a mountain of difference between lifting a 21’ runabout from 200’ and lifting 85’ three story tall houseboat from 300’.

I’d bet Cross Marine already got a call on this as they seam to be the go-to outfit up there.

Does anybody know how deep Halls Crossing Marina was when CMP ran the post fire salvage op?

 

[bk2drvr]

Some video today surfaced of it going under .

POWELLHEADZ ® on Instagram: "“Knockers” final moments 🤯💔 such a sad deal 😢 We need another @heavydsparks recovery . 🎥 TT ahylenbenitez"

7,258 likes, 347 comments - powellheadz on June 29, 2022: "“Knockers” final moments 🤯💔 such a sad deal 😢 We need another @heavydsparks recovery . 🎥 TT ahylenbenitez".

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[Marios Metalworks]

Was a looker on the surface too.

 

[02HoWaRd26]

Looks very similar to a gentleman that just took ownership of a brand new M37r, regardless tho possessions can be replaced, hopefully there wasn’t any injuries etc.

 

[JL95]

Looks very similar to a gentleman that just took ownership of a brand new M37r, regardless tho possessions can be replaced, hopefully there wasn’t any injuries etc.

Maybe this is his truck?

 

[Boat 405]

I bet the NPS says go get it. From an environmental standpoint. I bet the treehugger types are foaming at the mouth about this and using this as more ammo to push their agenda.

 

[Lucky Larry]

Not the same one we saw out there, but close. I REALLY wanted to go down that slide.

“Mrs. Lucky”