Update: They
sold the wrecked
boat and bought a replacement for (wait for it) one US dollar.
Fair Use quote from an article dated March 21st, 2018:
" ... That’s because on Monday he signed over the title to the Lagniappe to Joseph Moore, owner of Disco Volante
Marine, who planned to begin to raise the wreckage this week. The
engine and
fuel tank, the main environmental concerns, were pulled up weeks ago.
Broadwell, Walsh and their dog, Remy, should be back on the
water soon. Mark Reinecke, a retired physician living in St. Petersburg,
sold them his cherished 1985
Cheoy Lee Pedrick 36-foot sailboat the Odyssey for $1 after reading they’d come from Colorado, like he and his wife, and had a 2-year-old pug, which reminded them of their old pug, Chow. ... "
Full article here:
Couple whose dream boat sank gets a bigger, better boat for a buck