It's really long and quite wide but no sign of a mast. No idea what the history of this thing is.
Something about this gave me a sinking feeling.
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You and I are in the same boat.
You have sunk to new lows
I admit it, I'm out of my depth here.
I'll have a punt: that's a boat.
Sorry, cannot upvote, this is more than mildly interesting. Did you ask any locals about it?
That's not just a boat ! That's a ship ! Huge as fuck ! Not mildly interesting but fucking interesting !
Damn that's creepy
Did the front fall off?
I came here for this.
And I came here for @SenatorCollins@aussie.zone 😁
Well there are a lot of these boats going around lakes all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen. I just don’t want people thinking that boats in Finland aren’t safe.
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.
Whoa This reminds me, do we have a NoSleep community around here?
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You should contact a local history group or museum. That could be a significant find - it' clearly old, possibly thousands of years.
Idk if it's that old if it is directly exposed in the water like that. I would imagine that it would have decomposed
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.
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.
Those finds are typically found in deeper water where they're protected from oxygen and sunlight.
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.
This actually happens somewhat frequently in tidal areas. Floods and heavy rain will churn up the bottom of the bog and expose things which have been covered for hundreds of years.
Where is this?
Lake in Finland
61.3364225, 25.4610739
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.
This person boats.
Well, that's you boat now.
Finders keepers!
Uboat?
Is your draft really shallow or if that just the perspective?
It's only about 70cm deep there.
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.
It's a boat. Think of a wagon, but it floats on water. Instead of wheels, it has a propellor that propels it through the water.
Crazy! What will they think of next?
Anyone else with thalassophobia not like looking at this photo?
Submechanofobia might be more accurate in this case.
Isn't submechanophobia more the underwater metallic machinery kind of phobia or is it any kind of construct?
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I did not like it. I'm only reading the comments because I had to scroll passed immediately.
This gives me murder vibes
If your country has an equivalent of https://www.trove.scot/ you might be able to find out more about it.
Don’t follow the lights.
Plottwist: it was OPs fault this boat sunk in the first place..
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