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#129341 01/21/08 05:36 AM 01/21/08 05:36 AM |
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Posts: 902 Norman,OK | I think I would have to gather some of that up, that is alot of good lumber.
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Posts: 15 Clear Lake,Texas | We are always looking for free wood for our bonfires we have at the Texas City Dike. You don't even need to haul it to the beach! Anybody got a match! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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Posts: 545 Brighton, UK | As long as its dried it will be fine. Lots of old growth flooring is being pulled up from rivers in the US and sold for big dollars. Loggers used to float the logs down the rivers to the mills, some of them sank and are being reclaimed after a couple decades.
A couple of days in the ocean wont hurt that lumber at all.
Sticker and stack it and weigh it down so it doesnt warp when it dries. Thanks for that I can feel the scavenging instinct coming on strong <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />. | | | Re: Wood Slick
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Posts: 1,449 | Not that much! I think you could build more than one of everything.
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I know that the voices in my head aint real, but they have some pretty good ideas. There is no such thing as a quick fix and I've never had free lunch!
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Posts: 1,449 | Rolf, Good point, we need a boat carrying epoxy.........
I know that the voices in my head aint real, but they have some pretty good ideas. There is no such thing as a quick fix and I've never had free lunch!
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Posts: 4,118 Northfield Mn | Wood slick, that's funny.
Some of the reclaimed lumber that is being pulled up from the bottom of rivers and the Great Lakes can be upwards of 150 years old.
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Posts: 545 Brighton, UK | Rolf, Good point, we need a boat carrying epoxy......... Let me know when one comes past and I'll light a fire on the cliffs. | | | Re: Wood Slick
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Posts: 545 Brighton, UK | Doesn't the law over there give people salvage rights? From the BBC report http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7198735.stm"Under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, it is both an offence to conceal or keep possession of such cargo, or to fail to report the cargo. The MCA has warned that anyone who keeps the washed-up timber from the Ice Prince could be arrested and fined up to £2,500." more from the same article "West Sussex County Council has issued an urgent plea to mariners, windsurfers and canoeists because of concerns that the floating wood could cause a serious accident. Windsurfers have also been criticised for pursuing their sport among the huge timber planks lost overboard from the ship. We think it is madness to go windsurfing among all this wood," said Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) spokesman Mark Clark, who added that people were causing "quite a lot of problems"." Great Quote that... "people were causing "quite a lot of problems"". Its those darn people trying to enjoy the sea as normal and helping to clear the beaches, not the 1000's of tons of wood that has been dumped on our coast. Gareth | | | Re: Wood Slick
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Posts: 545 Brighton, UK | And the cost of all the police that have been deployed to stop all the "whiskey galore" wood thieves from descending on the Sussex beaches. I hope the insurance company is picking up the tab for that cost as well. If not then they should be told to use a private security company not our tax £'s. As this is likely to be coming ashore for weeks to come.
The reason for the over reaction by the police is because of a sinking last year when The MSC Napoli ran aground off the Devon Coast. Scavengers swarmed to Branscombe in search of plunder. Scavenged goods include several BMW R1200RT motorcycles, empty wine casks, nappies, perfume, and car parts. After initially tolerating a "salvage" free-for-all, by 23 January the police had branded the activity of scavengers "despicable", closed the beach, and announced that they would use powers not previously used for 100 years in order to force people to return goods they had salvaged without informing the authorities, pointing out that under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 such actions constituted an offence equivalent to theft.
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Posts: 3,528 Looking for a Job, I got credi... | Doesn't the law over there give people salvage rights? From the BBC report http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7198735.stm"Under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, it is both an offence to conceal or keep possession of such cargo, or to fail to report the cargo. The MCA has warned that anyone who keeps the washed-up timber from the Ice Prince could be arrested and fined up to £2,500." more from the same article "West Sussex County Council has issued an urgent plea to mariners, windsurfers and canoeists because of concerns that the floating wood could cause a serious accident. Windsurfers have also been criticised for pursuing their sport among the huge timber planks lost overboard from the ship. We think it is madness to go windsurfing among all this wood," said Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) spokesman Mark Clark, who added that people were causing "quite a lot of problems"." Great Quote that... "people were causing "quite a lot of problems"". Its those darn people trying to enjoy the sea as normal and helping to clear the beaches, not the 1000's of tons of wood that has been dumped on our coast. Gareth Not sure the BBC is quite right there. IIRC if you take stuff, you have to report it to the register of shipping or LLoyds and then it is up to the ins. co. to come and collect it? Yes, the police can (I believe) close the beach, but even so, "salvage" is allowed.
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