street legal
high water mark
back on her lines after pump out
I got to the club around 1100 hrs and immediately another member approached me and said "come look at this." Someone's boat was sinking in the slip.
I guess what happened was something frozen had finally melted, allowing the surrounding creek ingress. Water was at least 18 inches over the floorboards and almost up to the fids on the berths. We boarded cautiously, not knowing if the sheer amount of water below was enough to slosh to one side or the other and capsize the vessel.
Deploying an electric submersion pump lowered the level significantly in 30-45 minutes. We monitored the bilges for the next three hours and while the water level did rise a little, we figured it might just be from the compartments and hatches slowly emptying.
Point here is: it has been a long sub-freezing spell and it is certain that this will not be the only boat in distress over the next week or so, as temperatures stay above freezing for a while. This could happen to anyone! So check your boat and check your bilge pump!
Otherwise, a nice,very short kayak ride allwoing me to get the new DNR stickers on the boat, so I'm street legal for a couple of years...I guess.