A well-liked floating restaurant capsized and sank in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Sunday. Nobody was injured, however the proprietor of Jay’s Sandbar Food Boat mentioned the vessel is a “total loss.”
Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue mentioned that crews responded to a name of a vessel sinking.
“Upon arrival crews found the iconic Jay’s floating food truck rapidly sinking,” FLFR mentioned in a press release. “An assessment of the scene indicated that there were no injuries and no immediate hazards to the environment.”
According to the proprietor, Jeremy Lycke, the boat’s stabilizer pontoon “snapped.” A employee mentioned the wake from a passing boat is what triggered it to snap, CBS Miami reported. Once the outrigger broke, the boat capsized and sank in underneath 5 minutes, in keeping with CBS Miami.
Two folks, a hostess and chef, have been on board on the time the boat sank, Lycke informed CBS News.
“I’m devastated of course, but my crew got out safely and nobody got hurt,” Lycke wrote on Facebook, including that the boat sank in “just 4 feet of water.”
Jay’s Sandbar Food Boat was a preferred floating restaurant that might ship food to boaters and jet skiers in Fort Lauderdale. The boat had been in operation for 3 years, in keeping with the proprietor’s Facebook submit saying the sinking.
“We will rebuild, somehow, now first, we got to remove her shallow grave,” Lycke wrote. He informed CBS News he suffered some $85,000 in damages, however is hoping to rebuild the boat and open a land-based location.
FLFR mentioned Lycke has contacted a personal salvage firm to refloat and take away the boat from the Intracoastal Waterway “in the upcoming days.”