It's really long and quite wide but no sign of a mast. No idea what the history of this thing is.

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[–] 61 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

Sorry, cannot upvote, this is more than mildly interesting. Did you ask any locals about it?

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  • [–] [S] 40 points 1 year ago (2 children)
  • [–] 37 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    This reminds me of when I used to paddle around a swampy, stagnant channel tucked away at the southeast corner of the lake I grew up on. One particular day I recall passing by the most pristine animal skeleton I had ever seen. I think it was a raccoon or someone's dog, but it was close to the surface, had its jaws open wide, and appeared to be reaching up toward the sky in a very dramatic fashion. It was a little unsettling, but also one of the coolest things I'd witnessed in the lake.

    I circled back around to get a second look, but the skeleton vanished entirely. The water and muck beneath was calm and largely undisturbed, and there was no algae on the surface to obscure it. I spent maybe ten or fifteen minutes paddling around the small area for that thing, but it was just gone. It was as though it sunk back into the murky depths, where the drowners lie in wait for night to fall.

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    Something about this gave me a sinking feeling.

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  • [–] 48 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    You and I are in the same boat.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Well, that's you boat now.

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  • [–] [S] 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Lake in Finland

    61.3364225, 25.4610739

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I'm gonna guess that's a 19th or early 20th century barge, maybe hauled timber up and down the lake. Mentioned this in my other comment, I don't really know much but the construction sort of indicates to me 19th century because of the treenails you see sticking out of the wood and the mortised joints. No real keel and wide, means flat bottomed barge. Could be older but it is in pretty good condition for being so shallow so I'd wildly guess it sank 75 years ago.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)

    Now I'm curious what kind of vessel you're in lol

    Edit: Lmao, bunch of comedians in here, love you all. Looked like he was just floating on half a piece of angled sheet metal.

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  • [–] [S] 26 points 1 year ago (9 children)
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    I don't. It belongs to my parents. They have two and this is the tender we tow behind the bigger one.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Why do your parents own a boat (or two boats)? I just don’t know anyone who owns a boat and I’m wondering why people decide they need one.

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  • If you live near a large body of water, activities on the water are fairly common. From wakeboarding to fishing to just sitting out on a boat in the middle of the ocean or lake to have a picnic in the sun, boats are pretty ubiquitous culturally around waterfront areas. It's like asking why people own beach towels or swimsuits when they live near a beach.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago

    Same reason people buy motorhomes - this just moves on water. It's like a second home you can go to on holidays. Our first one was just a small fibreglass hulled boat for day trips but every subsequent one after that has been bigger than the previous. The current one is 11 meters long steel boat that weighs over 10000kg and has most modern comforts you'd find on a house or summer cabin: heating, running water, indoor toilet, sauna, solar panels, full kitchen and so on.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    This gives me murder vibes

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    You should contact a local history group or museum. That could be a significant find - it' clearly old, possibly thousands of years.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Idk if it's that old if it is directly exposed in the water like that. I would imagine that it would have decomposed

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  • [–] [S] 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Yeah, I doubt it's even a hundred years old. I almost don't even want to find out its story as it's likely nothing that exciting. If I had to bet I'd guess it's an old barge of some sort.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    That ship could very well be old. Ships from the Viking era and older have been found in lakes in similar condition. It's, of course, very difficult to tell, but if I were you, I would send it to someone who knows better.

    I mean, you already have the photos and videos to give a pretty good idea of the ship.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    It's not that old. Granted I only had one class in marine archaeology but I see treenails poking out here and there and I don't see a large keel. So I'm gonna guess built 19th or early 20th century and its a barge of some sort. Flat bottomed for river or lake work.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Is your draft really shallow or if that just the perspective?

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  • If your country has an equivalent of https://www.trove.scot/ you might be able to find out more about it.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Don’t follow the lights.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Anyone else with thalassophobia not like looking at this photo?

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Submechanofobia might be more accurate in this case.

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