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Saw this boat today up at the boat yard where we keep our boat.
Nice looking Cabo. Looks like they hit something pretty hard. 2 bad bobo's under the forward section, one along the side and the stbd shaft broke, rudder bent and port prop chewed up.

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Not too many rocks in the gulf... Judging by the sharp gouge I d say Container or partially sumberged piling, I beam.
 
The yard is closed on weekends. Must have called the emergency number. It is blocked but still in the lift.
I have been on my boat for the past 10 days, when I go tomorrow to clean up my boat, I will ask the yard owner what he hit.
Only thing I can think of that hard is the jettys.
 
I was thinking rocks, too, turning into a jetty/breakwater.
 
A friend in AK fixed boats like that. I helped him a couple times with Jacks n' stuff to hold the pieces in shape n' place so he could make it look like a boat again.
He made it look simple. That's one great Plus for Fiber Glass boats.
This boat looks fixable to me.

I've helped patch Aluminum's too. A patch is one thing, but a long twisting gash of bent metal is much harder to fix in Aluminum.
 
Shows those Cabos are pretty strong boats, the shaft was sheared clean but strut stayed in place, saving the boat.

The fact that the damage is not continuous along the hull makes me think semi floating obstacle where both the object and the boat bumped on and off each other. I guess if hitting a submerged jetty the boat could have bumped up and down... Who knows... I guess I always underestimate how folks can hit a jetty!
 
Sabine Jettys on the La./Tx. border. It limped close to 70 miles like that to get to the boatyard.
I am waiting on the story. I figured it was auto pilot or not paying attention.
Couple months ago there was a 150' Crew Boat up on them same jettys.
The Sabine Jettys are not submerged.
 
Wow! Just like every summer in Nantucket at least a trio of boats end up on the jetties...
 
I remember David Pescoe saying Cabo didn't build a good boat.
I always wondered why their fuel burn sucked.
I checked out this torn up boat. The water didn't get into the boat at all.
It is one heavy built hull.
 
His reviews are dates now... Cabo is part of Hatteras these days, filling in the small SF market, I m guessing quality is equal.
 
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