| neglected beach cats #142995 05/11/08 09:04 PM 05/11/08 09:04 PM |
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Posts: 2,921 Michigan | I am not advocating theft of course... but... I just got back from an area on Lake michigan that had 7 Hobie 16s (one was a 14 I think) on the beach. Some were newer (one looked under 5 years old but was buried by the sand) and some obviously older. There was one hobie that had only remnants of a tramp... no mast.. etc etc. Clearly had not been moving in YEARS. Is there any "statute of limitations" in terms of a time limit a cat can be left on the beach before it can be reasonably considered salvage and go to whoever wants to restore it? Anyone who has been to a number of beaches knows exactly what type of boat I am talking about. No one who knew anything would look at the newer ones and think this, but what about the old ones?
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#142997 05/12/08 01:05 AM 05/12/08 01:05 AM |
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 5,558 Key Largo, FL & Put-in-Bay, OH... Mary
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Posts: 5,558 Key Largo, FL & Put-in-Bay, OH... | Obviously, those boat owners know enough to disguise their boats as junk. Nobody steals junk. That's why we have cleverly camouflaged our boats and cars and bicycles as "junk," so we don't have to worry about theft.
Once we made the mistake of painting our old Hobie 18 a beautiful, shiny yellow and putting it up by the road for sale. It was too pretty, so somebody stole it. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> | | | Re: neglected beach cats
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#142998 05/12/08 05:27 AM 05/12/08 05:27 AM |
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 545 Brighton, UK grob
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Posts: 545 Brighton, UK | Obviously, those boat owners know enough to disguise their boats as junk. Nobody steals junk. That's why we have cleverly camouflaged our boats and cars and bicycles as "junk," so we don't have to worry about theft.
Once we made the mistake of painting our old Hobie 18 a beautiful, shiny yellow and putting it up by the road for sale. It was too pretty, so somebody stole it. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> Reminds me of an episode of the Simpsons where they couldn't sell or even give away an old tramoline, so they put a padlock on it and turned there backs for a few seconds while somebody stole it. I have learn't so much about America from that show <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Gareth | | | Re: neglected beach cats
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#142999 05/12/08 10:42 AM 05/12/08 10:42 AM |
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Posts: 1,203 uk | There was a prindle 15 washed up on a local beach sometime ago. It had a hole punched in the side but was a half decent boat. I had my eye on it and dragged it up the beach and put it tidy to see if the owner ever showed up. I think the best part of the winter passed and the day came when i was going to take a trailer down and 'store' it at my place for safe keeping. The council just got there before me and had chain sawed it up into chunks just large enough to get on a skip! Argh!
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