[Rhodes22-list] Hit by a car, can my rhodes be saved?

[Rick]

Alex,

That's some story.  The Civic driver owes you all damages.  If he pays up,
you can have the work done professionally

Rick.

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Alex Mckenna <alex at brightrhino.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This week I was going to start work restoring my rhodes 22, but Saturday at
> 4:30 AM there arose a problem. My wife and I were awoken to the sound of an
> explosion, we looked out our window and saw a car driving on our lawn. A man
> fell asleep at the wheel, and drove his honda civic through our fence,
> smashing into, then going under our boat on the trailer. The boat was still
> tightly strapped to the dual-axle trailer with 10k pound straps. He was
> still going so fast after the collision, he demolished two more fences,
> throwing the heavy, trex fencing 20 or 30 feet. The hull has three or fours
> cracks near the transom. I have to get an estimate for repairs, but we
> recently moved to CT and I don't know any repair shops in the area.
>
> What do you think are the chances of getting this repaired? I may be able
> to grind and epoxy myself, but I don't know if I will be able to get access
> to the inner hull.
>
> Here are some pics of the damage:
>
> Amazingly, the driver was unhurt, and left the car before the police
> arrived.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alex
>
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