Bene-
I doubt it is going to work out financially to salvage derelict sailboats, because derelict boats are not worth much by definition.
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derelict: bedraggled: in deplorable condition;
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However, it is probably possible to make money based on salvaging larger abandoned boats, that are relatively new and in relatively good condition. For instance, if the Maltese Falcon is ever abandoned, I'm pretty sure that you could make a penny or two salvaging her.
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Originally Posted by Bene505
I read a story from a year or two back. After 2 years in the courts, the sailboat that was towed-in was sold at auction. It sold for $9,000. This was the boat where the man fell off the boat.
So the people that towed the boat lost 2 days of fishing, had to pay legal fees and ended up getting next to nothing for their troubles. That is, nothing other than the intrinsic satisfaction of saving a sailboat, which was not really of intrinsic value to them, but would be for me.
Has anyone ever heard of it working out financially, to support going out and rescuing a derelict sailboat?
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You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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