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Boats of Shame

61K views 233 replies 85 participants last post by  ArcherBowman 
#1 · (Edited)
I thought it might be neat to start a thread on projects you have seen that by simple neglect have become embarrasing messes for their anonymous owners.

Just post a pic and a short message:

This guy loves the land so much.. grass cockpit mats, anyone?? :eek:

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#176 ·
Not nearly as dramatic as some of the others, but this was our boat when we bought it:



Notice the name VooDoo, which looked a lot like DooDoo from a distance. Now we live in a very small town where everyone knows everyone, so if we had launched the boat like that, our boat would have been known as DooDoo for good. Needless to say we made a change before our first launch.

 
#183 ·
Yep, every single one in a pen, paying between $2k and over $3k a yr.. some have never been out for yrs.. I've been at that Marina over 12 months now and with the exception of the steel motor launch never I've seen anyone go near the boats. The motor launch went out once (thought he was taking it somewhere to die lol) but came back a few hrs later.

The yacht with the grass in the cockpit is in the pen next to me,it's always had the hatchway open so anybodies guess what it's like inside.

Mychael
 
#184 ·
This one sank last winter. This is a before shot. It's a lot cleaner now and the guy is still working on it.
 

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The high mountain lakes we sail on require all boats to be removed from their marinas every season. I've always thought it would be nice to be in a year around marina......I'm kinda rethinking, there are some definite advantages. :)
 
#200 ·
Sad to see, looks like the owner put some effort into keeping them off the boat.
One of the things I found so frustrating when I lived out there is that you were pretty much expected to sit back and take it.

In situations like that though, I think the best option is to get rid of the lifelines and anything else that could be damaged so they have easy on/off access.
Of course, the -best- option would be to make the preservation groups responsible for damages, but that is extremely unlikely.

Ken.
 
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