Ryan Fischer and Alicia Bocian wakened Thursday morning after Tropical Storm Debby made landfall within the Myrtle Seaside space and not using a house.
The couple lived on their boat that was docked on the Coquina Harbor in Little River and had taken shelter Wednesday night from the storm on the lodge the place they work.
Nevertheless, in some unspecified time in the future within the early morning hours Thursday, because the storm lashed the North Myrtle Seaside space with heavy rain and wind, their boat sank, taking with it every little thing the couple owns into the water.
“It’s our house” Fischer stated. “We don’t actually know what our subsequent steps are.”
The couple had lived on their boat, a 34-foot Wellcraft Gran Sport, for greater than three years.
Fischer stated he’s glad they have been on the lodge, in any other case “I don’t assume we might have survived.”
A number of checks have been made on the boat all through the night, and by midnight the boat was nonetheless OK. Then, “inside 5 hours, it was gone,” Fischer stated.
A hose had come disconnected from the boat and because the rain and waves continued, the pumps couldn’t sustain with the water coming in, Fischer stated.
The boat was pulled out of the water Thursday afternoon. It has been deemed a complete loss, he stated.
“We’re beginning with nothing,” he stated.
Fischer solely had legal responsibility insurance coverage on the boat.
The couple has lived on the boat for greater than three years. In that point, they’ve gone via a minimum of two hurricanes, together with Hurricane Ian, which hit the Grand Strand in October 2022.
“We acquired via that one,” Bocian stated.
The couple are hopeful that the group will hear about their story and are prepared to assist with cash and different objects, together with clothes. The lodge is permitting them to remain via the weekend.
Fischer was heading again to the harbor Friday afternoon to see if he might salvage something from the boat, however he was uncertain, particularly because it was starting to rain once more.
“We’re within the fingers of the unknown,” he stated.
