Sunken Houseboat Raised At Lake Of The Ozarks [video imbedded in article]

Sometimes, things don't go as planned.

The owners of a Lake of the Ozarks waterfront home perched high on a hill had a long walk down to their dock: 438 steps! Too much for going back-and-forth between their house and boat on summer weekends to enjoy the best recreational lake in the country.

So they had an idea: get an old houseboat, fix it up, and make it their weekend lake house.

The 56-foot 1968 Carri Craft they bought was a fixer-upper, and it sat at their dock on the 4 Mile Marker of the Niangua Arm. The years slipped by and the renovation didn't happen.

One day, the boat had suddenly vanished. It sprung a leak, and was now sitting on the lake floor.

Crews from Atlantis Dive & Dock Salvage and Lake Tow utilized airbags to float the gargantuan boat, and towed it to a nearby ramp, where two wreckers pulled it to shore.

video courtesy Lake Tow/TowboatUS & Atlantis Dive & Dock Salvage

The boat was unsalvageable other than for some scrap metal. Crews cut it up, scrapped the metal, and put the rest into dumpsters. Lake Tow Captain Charles Meyer mused, "It was kind of a mess."

Recovery Of Plane From Lake Of The Ozarks

A plane crashed into the Lake of the Ozarks on Wednesday afternoon near Pa He Tsi/Public Beach #2.

According to Osage Beach Fire Protection District Chief Jeff Dorhauer, there were three people aboard when the plane plunged into the water around 12:30 p.m. on March 11. All three survived, and received medical treatment for their injuries.

Photos by Nathan Bechtold

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