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Originally Posted by eherlihy
Which poses a bigger hazard? The half sunken boat in a navigable estuary, or the millions of shards?
It has been done before - and this was on a beach in the Bahamas:
- Article Credit: Kari Pugh published at MadMariner.com
My thought is that by holding the owner responsible, and HAVING HIM do the actual removal, as traumatizing as it might be, would send a clear message to everybody that boat ownership is a serious ONGOING responsibility. When things go south, you can't walk away from this responsibility, and you can't give it away on Craigslist.
This boat was pushed ashore after a storm, not a hurricane. For him to not have adequate ground tackle because he couldn't afford it, means that he could not afford the boat. A more responsible thing for him to have done is to realize this, and either sell or give her away while she was still afloat. |
I completely missed this post...and I agree 100% with putting the responcibility where it belongs.
Well all I can say is as an excavation contractor and all the BS I have to go through working to keep a little stinking muddy water from entering a storm system that may or may not end up in a salmon stream...I sure am surprised at this acceptable way of boat removal...The Bahamas ?..well its there country they make the rules..A 4600 Manatawalk crane though could have slung that thing 100' in any direction..In one piece.