I would have pulled it out of the water and winterised it a few months ago. Then gone skiing in Aspen.
Slack owner. Probably left the water intake seacock open. Standing water froze fractured the pipe and the boat slowly sank.
It's just all very sad!
There's a beautiful steel 34-36 ft in Newport whose NZ owner is purposely running down to minimise duty and GST. Absolute travesty...clearly not a believer of a boat having a soul