An unattended custom sportfish yacht of eighteen meters in length partly sank as it was berthed in Fort Lauderdale Marina, Fort Lauderdale, Florida on the early hours of Friday 22 July. TowboatU.S Fort Lauderdale was called, coming to the scene with three trucks, the Sunken Vessel Recovery Unit, and a crew of seven men an hour later to the call. After deploying containment and absorbent boom to ensure no environmental damage, TowBoatU.S divers started rigging the sportfish with eight lift bags, and as these were inflated, slowly rose the yacht from the bottom. As the gunwales rose above the surface of the water, seven water pumps were put in operation to dewater the yacht. As the yacht was floated and derigged, she was towed to a local haul out facility for preservation and surveyor inspection.
The sportfish yacht in this sinking is a Buddy Davis 61 as designed by Donald Blount and Davis himself. The Buddy Davis 61 was produced from the end eighties in fiberglass, up till the end of the noughties. Buddy Davis is an important part in the cold-moulding evolution and the Carolina style sportfish boat and yacht. Buddy Davis started to learn boat building in Winter 1967 and opened his company in 1973, which he sold in 2003 to Dr. Ira Trocki.
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