McMinnville officials have decided to abandon ship and sell the boat that sunk during a simulated river rescue.“We need to get rid of the boat,” said McMinnville Fire Chief Kendall Mayfield during Tuesday night’s Safety Committee meeting. “We don’t need it and I would like to get rid of it.”The boat was purchased by the city of McMinnville to be used by the Warren County Rescue Squad. However, a test in deep water of a boat designed for shallow water resulted in the boat tipping over and sinking in July 2013 at Riverfront Park.