A boat sunk in Harris Harbor sometime on Monday.
Juneau Harbormaster Dave Borg discovered the vessel capsized during his morning rounds Monday morning. It became completely submerged within about two hours.
He said the owner of the Bayliner Explorer was notified and showed up soon after to take charge of the recovery. Some of the boat’s fuel leaked.
“The U.S. Coast Guard and state (Department of Environmental Conservation) both responded, and there was a little bit of a sheen but it wasn’t recoverable,” Borg said. “There wasn’t much we could really do about what had been leaked out already.”
Borg said the boat was pulled out around 1 p.m. Tuesday.
He wasn’t sure what caused it to sink, but he thinks something probably went wrong with the boat’s bilge pump.
“We had some real heavy rains. We did put some PSAs out for people to check their boats,” Borg said. “Sometimes when we have rain like that, bilge pumps either can’t keep up or the batteries die.”
Borg said he expects the vessel is a complete loss since it was completely submerged in salt water for more than a day.
