After paying more than $4,000 to have his sunken sailboat raised Tuesday, Jeff Bryde decided it was time to give up the expensive hobby.
After four years of being in dry land storage, Bryde decided to put his sailboat back in the water this summer. After some trouble getting it back in condition, he only got to sail it once in the season. Sunday, he found it was no longer floating.
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Bryde has owned the 1973 21-foot clipper since 1985 when he bought it for $5,500.
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Bryde decided to give away the boat when one of the Diving Dynamics crew told him he knew someone who would take it off his hands.
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Not long after he put it back in the water this summer, he found it with the mast fallen. That was repaired, but earlier this year, he found it had broken loose from its moorings and was pinned under a wharf.
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Bryde is taking the loss of his boat and retirement plans in stride.
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It香蕉视频直播檚 not the first boat he has lost. He also lost a kayak on Mission Creek after being turned over in fast-moving water. He managed to get free and make it to shore, but the kayak drifted on down the creek and was never found.
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