Neglected boat meets shore!

[shemandr]

I've been monitoring this boat for almost a year. It was moored on the North West side of the Jensen Beach Causeway bridge. Until last PM, I guess. Diving down to look at the Ocean today I spied it up against the mangrove clump. Last Spring in a blow the jib ripped and all summer it's been shredding more and more. It was only a matter of time. We had North NorthEast winds with gusts in the 30's. This was boatacide.

 

[dlochner]

Sad. And it looks to be in fairly good shape, unlike some of the derelict and abandoned boats.

 

[19thol]

That's a dirty shame.

 

[rgranger]

 

[Timm R Oday25]

Wow ,I think it's a Catalina 22 sport .Very nice condition . I do not understand how someone could not care about it .

 

[shemandr]

I don't know but my guess is someone couldn't afford monthly storage and just anchored it hoping for the best. Whoever it was didn't go out to put that jib out of it's misery 6 months ago.
On the South side of the Causeway the town or county has just put it a nice mooring field with upgrades for shore facilities. So I anyone is coming down the ICW (Or up) Jensen Beach might make a good stop. Good restaurants, music, fuel etc. Ocean beaches nearby.

 

[Daveinet]

I could have stolen that mast for my boat.

 

[Lazy1]

and I paid good money for an '86. At least I got a trailer!

 

[nightowle]

salvage rights?

 

[SailingLoto]

salvage rights?

My first thought as well. Drag it out and put your name on it.

 

[dLj]

salvage rights?

Don't know about it hitting the shore, but usually to get salvage rights it has to hit bottom - meaning sunk. I once was part of salvage rights on a French fishing vessel that was mostly on shore, at high tide it was in the water, low tide it was out. But that qualified...

dj

 

[SailingLoto]

Don't know about it hitting the shore, but usually to get salvage rights it has to hit bottom - meaning sunk. I once was part of salvage rights on a French fishing vessel that was mostly on shore, at high tide it was in the water, low tide it was out. But that qualified...

I spoke with my attorney about this a few years back regarding a half sunk boat. The boat is in "distress" which is a very loose term. In this case, no longer moored, owner clearly is uninterested or unconcerned.

put a line on it with your information. Save all information pertaining to the recovery (cost of equipment, time involved, fuel, any little expense you incurred) and keep a running total. Tow it to safety and reanchor, pull boat, moor , etc. Find and contact the owner and give them 30 days to compensate you for your time and efforts. If they fail to respond or pay have them sign it over to you or persue an abandoment title.

research this for your state, but that is how it worked (in a nutshell) where I am in Missouri.

 

[shemandr]

I could hear the keel scraping on the bottom. I think it's easily considered in distress and sunk.
I think the bottom there is kind of gravelly - I don't really expect it be be holed. No evidence it ever hit the bridge. It probably could be extracted and dried out. But we have high tides now. It won't be so easy even in a few days.
It's not for me. But someone's gonna do it.

 

[Jackdaw]

Wow ,I think it's a Catalina 22 sport .Very nice condition . I do not understand how someone could not care about it .

Capri 22

 

[Jackdaw]

I spoke with my attorney about this a few years back regarding a half sunk boat. The boat is in "distress" which is a very loose term. In this case, no longer moored, owner clearly is uninterested or unconcerned.

put a line on it with your information. Save all information pertaining to the recovery (cost of equipment, time involved, fuel, any little expense you incurred) and keep a running total. Tow it to safety and reanchor, pull boat, moor , etc. Find and contact the owner and give them 30 days to compensate you for your time and efforts. If they fail to respond or pay have them sign it over to you or persue an abandoment title.

research this for your state, but that is how it worked (in a nutshell) where I am in Missouri.

Thats pretty much how it works.

If you're a PRO, and thats how you make your living. If you're a sailor, you do it because its the right thing to do. Karma matters.

 

[shemandr]

Here’s more pics I couldn’t post from my laptop:

 

[SailingLoto]

I couldn't agree more. Karma, personal gain, or not, do the right thing. If you have capability to save it without endangering yourself, others or personal property, moor it back where it was to the best of your ability.

 

[Lazy1]

With the starboard lazarette propped open someone probably already started "salvaging" stuff, that might also be why it looks like it probably has about a foot of water inside. My guess is that it has already been pilfered in cover of darkness.
It could also have taken on water if the keel trunk cracked when bouncing off the bottom, assuming a swing keel. That would be more than a wash down to get it back in to shape.

 

[rgranger]

I don't know but my guess is someone couldn't afford monthly storage and just anchored it hoping for the best

Could also be a COVID thing...?????

 

[shemandr]

Could also be a COVID thing...?????

I actually was wondering about that. I think I noticed it in March. That might explain why it was set up to sail but never did.
I’m guessing Wing keel.