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BEAUTIFUL CLASSIC WOODEN SCHOONER REEF CHIEF SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE DURING HURRICANE IRMA IN KEY WEST ON SEPT. 10, 2017

SHE WAS ON A 2500# MOORING WHEN OTHER BOATS SLAMMED INTO HER.

HER MOORING LINES PARTED, CHAIN BROKE IN A TORNADO AND SHE WAS BLOWN ACROSS A SHALLOW CORAL BANK AND UP ON CHRISTMASS TREE ISLAND.

HER 10" 50 FOOT FOREMAST IS BROKEN AT THE DECK, HER FOREFOOT BETWEEN THE STEM AND BALLAST KEEL WAS TORN OFF, ALL THE BOTTOM PAINT IS RUBBED OFF AND SOME SEAMS ARE EXPOSED. 

ONE BOATYARD REQUIRES A $10,000  DEPOSIT TO HAUL AND THE COST OF REPAIRING THE HULL, BULLWARKS, RIGGING AND MAST(S) ARE ESTIMATED AT ABOUT $50,000.  

PLUS THE COST OF PULLING HER OFF CHRISTMASS TREE ISLAND  BY THE SALVOR WAS $7500. 

LEAKING IS TEMPORARILY SLOWED THANKS TO MANY FRIENDS AND SPLASH ZONE UNDERWATER EPOXY COMPOUND.

NOW THE SCHOONER IS FLOATING ON ONE BILGE PUMPS.

SCHOONER REEF CHIEF NEEDS TO BE HAULED AND FIXED ASAP.