Doug went out to look at the boat we found on 4-17-10 on the West end of Spectacle Lake on 4-21-10. After getting bored looking at that boat he decided to look at the other side of the lake and found this old wood sailboat. It is a 12 footer that was laying upside down on the bottom in about 19′ of water. Most of the boat is buried in the sand with only about 9″ of freeboard showing on its starboard side. There was some lumber laying near it and also a dead muskrat. I grabbed the Muskrat and I was going to try to scare Nate with it, but my camera flooded and I needed to bring the camera back to the boat to prevent further damage to it.
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Ziska is 104 years old and was 10 years ago restored to near perfect condition by Ashley Butler. Sold to an American owner we had the oportunity to spend time on her over the past year. This is video taken on Ziska’s last weekend on the water. The owner has decided to provide no further funding so she shall now sit and do what old wood boats do when nobody looks at them.
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