Among other things this part puzzles me. Usually a grounding damages the bottom of the boat, not the top?
Searching for my 40 O'Day stolen from Sandusky Harbor Marina
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The whole thread is a little.... No a lot of weird and sketchy.
there is a video floating around ( our intended) out there of a race boat stubbing it's toe and the mast going bye-bye. Newton's 3rd law...
A hard grounding can have wide repercussions all the way to the top of the mast, extending from there to the stern and bow chain plates. After all, the whole boat is in motion, then just stops.
-Will
It was a beautiful boat, first owner was an older gentleman that did not use it much but kept very good care of it, second owner was a customer of mine at the Bridge Docks in Rocky River, OH, renamed Rocky River Marina. He told me about his boat being totaled so I went out to look at it and put a bid in and ended up owning it, never put title in my name because I was fixing hull. Lots of family medical issues happened and when that was all over was when I found out the new management of the marina had sold the boat at auction. I didn't even know it happened, they were tight lipped. I reported it to the State of Ohio Attorney, thats when I found out the facts. Why I was fixing the hull? Well, a year earlier the boat was at Edgewater Marina and had a dock pole wear a hole thru the outer skin during a storm and water infiltrated the starboard side. It ended up being an insurance job gone bad so it was totaled. I will attach my work doing repair. Big area delaminated so removed big area and used epoxy and new 3/4" Balsa.
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The dock pole wore a hole in the bottom, below the waterline?
That looks like a major repair. You obviously had a lot invested in her.
-Will
I sounded the hull and just repaired where needed. Pole was rubbing higher and water ran in thru balsa core, insurance had marina dry by cutting slits and gave it time to dry, then they relaid glass over. This all happened to Tracey, previous owner. He complained that it was not smooth enough so they blocked it out perfect and put a slippery bottom paint. In the spring when taking out of indoor heated storage he saw water weeping in two spots, thats when the insurance totaled it and wrote him a big check.
I have extensively cruised the Great Lakes for 50 years and stayed at countless marinas and yacht clubs. None have ever asked for proof of ownership.
Interesting - nor have i been asked in the Great Lakes, but have been asked in pretty much all foreign ports I've entered. Not that it matters in this conversation...
dj
How on earth would you prove your ownership with the documents you would generally carry? The only thing I could imagine would be insurance documentation.
Why would a marina want you to prove ownership? Motels/Hotels, parking garages don't ask for proof of ownership of vehicles. Everyone has an ID and a registration number. If there is anything to be done by an authority, the marine patrol, fish and game, or the coast guard, should have the means to make the ownership connection with those two pieces of information.
Insurance requirements by a marina makes more sense.
-Will
Insurance requirements by a marina makes more sense.
-Will
Coming into a foreign port they want to know ownership to be sure you didn't steal the boat. If the owner is not on board - they will require documentation that the Captain has the owners permission to be where they are. There are numerous horror stories of boats that have been moved without owners permission...
Insurance is also a mandatory document in marinas. As you point out.
dj
Customs and immigration typically. To that point, marinas typically only want your insurance documents. Most often I've been dealing with all three at the same time, if I'm dealing with a marina....
dj