Boats of Shame

[lbdavis]

Originally Posted by beej67

Found an image of the owners:

OMG! That is so stupid. Doesn't this guy know how much it's going to hurt when he has to walk barefooted to get more beer?

[WinterRiver]

Originally Posted by Gary1

If you want Boats of Shame, take a trip to Dinner Key the next time you're in Miami.

.... The most interesting, and I'll try and find a picture, is a 15' x 20' work barge that has an antique travel trailer on it. The guy's been living aboard for years, supposedly.
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Cap'n Gary
S/V Island Breeze

I think this is the "boat" you're talking about:

[primerate84]

Does he really need the one fender on the starboard side? Is he afraid someone will scratch the plywood deck?

[82sabre]

Originally Posted by WinterRiver

I think this is the "boat" you're talking about:

Is that boat in the background an old herreshoff leeboard ketch?

[SVDistantStar]

For the pic of the guys in the pool, that power strip looks to have European plugs on it. That means its got 240v going through it. Ouch....

[vabuckeye]

I was sailing with sanctaurysam a couple of saturdays ago and this is what was a few slips down from his boat.......





Not as tragic as some of the rest, but still a shame.

[chandlerman]

Originally Posted by vabuckeye

I was sailing with sanctaurysam a couple of saturdays ago and this is what was a few slips down from his boat.......

The owners of the boat in the next slip over (before I moved to a can) were bad about letting the cockpit fill up like that, but it would be filled with bright green algae like a swimming pool. It must have been nasty to clean off.

There generally aren't too many Boats of Shame up here on the Great Lakes, though, since we have to haul them out every winter, though decrepit hulks in boatyards are dime-a-dozen.

I got out on the water down in Galveston a couple of weeks ago on a family visit and saw several boats that would have merited inclusion here had I brought a camera with me. One of them was was in a slip that was so narrow that I don't think it was physically possible to get the boat in or out, not that it looked like they'd tried in some years.

[Hartley18]

Originally Posted by vabuckeye

I was sailing with sanctaurysam a couple of saturdays ago and this is what was a few slips down from his boat.......

Cool!! ...an in-built swimming pool. What a great idea!

Now if you're worried about the sharks on a hot summer day you can go swimming in your own cockpit!

Someone obviously forgot to pull the plug out last time they were aboard. If his cockpit is clagged up like that, I wonder what the head is like? (don't answer that!)

[vabuckeye]

Cool!! ...an in-built swimming pool. What a great idea!

I never thought of it like that. I figured that was only available on larger boats.

Practical, yet affordable.

I imagine with the busted hatch boards, there is a jacuzzi in the salon.

I might be getting jealous.

Jim

[vabuckeye]

Someone obviously forgot to pull the plug out last time they were aboard. If his cockpit is clagged up like that, I wonder what the head is like? (don't answer that!)


My Hunter (I believe the one in the picture is a Hunter) will actually fill up if I don't keep an eye on it. The covers over the drains are very small and it doesn't take alot to clog them.