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I am Lydia's mom. She is a 19 year old young lady who has been living on her boat since she turned 18. After a fire at the marina where she lives caused several boats that sink, they had to bring a barge in. When bringing the barge in, they had to move her boat to make room for the barge. (She was at work at the time.)
Where they moved her boat seemed safe enough, but there was a dock board sticking out a couple of inches. When the tide went out, the edge of her boat got hung up on that dock board. From here, we can only speculate, but it seems like her boat probably listed heavily to the starboard side where the sink drain would have gone underwater. It potentially let in enough water to bring the boat waterline down to wear when the boat released from the edge of the dock, the sink drain was now under the water line and continued to fill the boat. She was getting her taxes finished up at her boyfriend's parents house at the time, so she was not on her boat when this took place, otherwise she could have quickly corrected the situation. By 7 a.m., our boat was at the bottom of the river.
Everything she had but a basket of laundry and a backpack was in the boat, including her sweet little rat, Coconut. (RIP!!).
It will cost $3,900 to get the boat raised, $2,000 to replace her outboard engine, unless it can be rebuilt, which would then cost maybe $500, another couple thousand dollars to replace the contents of the boat, and I have no idea how much it will cost to clean and dry the inside of the boat, which will no doubt be filled with fish and crabs and other assorted creatures by the time it is raised.
Anything you can do to help will be greatly appreciated, but mainly, please pray for Lydia! Pray for peace, wisdom, and quick funding, so she can get this taken care of quickly. (It can't sit at the bottom of the river for long!)
Thank you to all of you who have already reached out and asked how you can help her. You are already such a blessing, and I pray God's return to blessings on you in ways you can't even imagine!
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