Arriving at the business end, it looks like something has gouged the leading edge of the shaft strut, but YF members noted it's simply ablative...
Starboard side of hull bottom, showing strakes undamaged. This continues all the way to the rear of the hull.
But if you look up, it's a different story! This WAS the skin on the inside of the cored hull. It's all that remains of the forward, starboard...
Switching back to the starboard side, divers began swimming toward the stern. Notice the wires hanging over the rubrail. This is the point where...
The underwater images and video would confirm this. The shots are going live shortly. I'm still extracting pictures from the video. I've been in...
Moving slightly aft about a foot or so, yet another crack that is identical to the previous. What appear to be scratches could be a 'spidering' of...
This close-up shows, what appears to be, scratches possibly created by an impact with something, however the hull was not breached here. It has...
Returning to the top of the hull side, this image is the port side of the hull, looking aft toward the stern. This is the location of the stress...
Moving aft, along the starboard side, about halfway between the bow and midship, you can the hull bottom has remained intact, but most of the hull...
Looking a little lower, beneath the boot stripe at the bow, there is no evidence of impact anywhere, either port of starboard...
Here's another angle on the bow, this time the camera is on the starboard side. Notice how the sheering is similar to the port side of the hull,...
This is the alleged buoy that the Bertram "Absolutely" hit. It is located near the 'Bill Perry Reef' at approx. 100deg. & 25NM off Murrells Inlet...
This next shot is a close up of the beak of the bow and what appears to be a large impact area and stress fracture. If the boat hit a buoy, this...
Dropping down from the position above, this is the port bow section. Study this picture closely. The cracks in the upper right corner of this...
Positioned directly in front of the bow, looking aft along the starboard side of the vessel, this is what remains of the hull, again sheered about...
Zooming in on this section, this was the anchor locker. The PVC pipe sticking up was part of the chain guide...
Swimming forward, to the bow, this is what remains. The entire forward deck, including the hull halfway down to the boot stripe is missing...
From the same position as the last shot, the camera panned slightly left to show the remainder of the break section from beam to beam...
As the divers swam up from the sea floor, they hovered over the top deck of the Bertram, showing where the entire front deck broke off at the...
Taken from the same vantage point on the sea bottom, the camera panned slightly to the left, toward the bow... or what had previously been the...
