So I was searching around Instagram and YouTube looking for any additional photos or videos of the boat fiasco, and I came across a guy who has been there all three days live-streaming the whole thing. His videos are 4.5 hours (Tues.), 5 hours (Wed.) and 8 hours (today).
Well I’m certainly not
that interested, but I did quickly skim the first video and thought a couple small portions might be of some interest. From around the 20 minute mark you can watch the boat slowly working its way through the ice. Then at 3:37:00 you get a good look at the trailer coming in.
I also watched the very beginning of his video from today hoping he’d give a quick recap, which he did. Here’s the Cliff’s Notes version (again, this is just according to this guy):
• It’s a 1970 58 ft Chris Craft with, supposedly, a double aluminum hull.
• It used to be a charter boat on Lake Minnetonka.
• It was sold multiple times this summer. The first buyer was going to have it hauled to the Mississippi and take it down to the Gulf, but that proved to be cost-prohibitive (ya think?) so he sold it “cheap” to the guy who owns it now.
• The current owner had to have the trailer made, which is supposedly the reason the boat’s still in the water in December.
And, just for fun, I skipped to the end of today’s video (which goes past the last time I drove by today), and saw that they did indeed get it out of the water, though only just, and left it there on the ramp to come back to tomorrow.
Here’s another short video with drone footage from yesterday.
