I'm astounded to read this! What caused the downflooding? Did the crew leave a door open? I thought these boats were watertight enough, high enough, to prevent this from happening when careened. John "Seahorse" Send only text <150kB to John@Camm.us Phil Eslinger writes: <snip> The sinking happened when the shelf rolled the boat over far enough to take on water over the gunnel to flood the boat.