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This two-masted sailboat, which sunk on the Sassafras near Georgetown Yacht Haven, was refloated just before Christmas. Image: TowBoatUS Chesapeake City

VIDEO: Double-masted Sailboat Refloated on Sassafras River

TowBoatUS responds to its fair share of sunken boats, but this one was unusual: a two-masted, 60-foot-long wood-hulled sailboat. It had to be refloated just in time for Christmas on the Sassafras River. Chesapeake Bay Magazine got to see how the boat was salvaged for parts and then broken up.

Cheryl Costello shows us the process that’s getting another sunken boat out of the Chesapeake. Watch below: