The neglected Sea Rays

[Shoyrtt]

During our travels I seem to be drawn to all of the various Sea Rays. Some are in pristine condition, with their owners caring for their every need. Others, unfortunately are "used and abused" in various forms of disrepair. This past weekend we were in Newport Beach, CA when I spotted this older 500, once one of the flagships of the Sea Ray line. It was out in the mooring field, all of the exterior upholstery was tattered and torn, with loads of bird droppings and around 50' of chain on the bow with what appeared to be a non-op windlass. She is in need of a lot of love.
Yes it might be depressing, but lets see any pictures you might have of the neglected Sea Rays you have come upon.

 

[Pirate Lady]

HA, let me get back to my marina soon and I’ll post some pics. You ain’t seen nothin. 2 on my pier haven’t seen the owner in 2 years.

 

[M Prod]

Here's one at our friends' marina. I think it's been at least two years since anyone visited this poor 300EC

 

[Pirate Lady]

Here's one at our friends' marina. I think it's been at least two years since anyone visited this poor 300EC

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When I see that all I say is WHY! I just don’t get it.

 

[Pirate Lady]

There is a Silverton 34EC with blue tarp over a broken windshield. And the Cruisair been running all winter and ain’t seen nobody on it since August. We got 3 SR 340ec in a row. Really nice boats, the cockpit upholstery is rotted and cracked on all 3 from lack of cover. They just sit there. Once a couple months the owners of the 3 come down, the cackling hens get all drunk on them then leave, boats never leave the slip.

 

[Blueone]

Here's one at our friends' marina. I think it's been at least two years since anyone visited this poor 300EC

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Geez

 

[RBB]

Marina needs to make them keep them up or put them out. I will not pay for a slip close to that.

 

[Little Ducky]

I'm glad to see last year the marina I've been in for years in Chattanooga started to kick out some neglected boats to make room for some new customers. It's nice to see new folks move in and start having fun.

 

[Pirate Lady]

Don’t political on me but I think I read recently that Florida has a lot of derelict live a board boats and tried pass some kind law to get rid of. Went up SCOTUS. they lost to old admiralty water laws. Correct me if wrong Floridians. Can’t recall the US v Bubba Bobby case.

 

[JHornsby3]

Ours was neglected by the PO. He had it for over 10 years and did nothing to maintain it. The most he had done was to clean it up for us to look at it. We bought it knowing there was going to be work. And so far it has been fun cleaning things up and making her good again.

Slips in Newport, OR, the closest to us, both require at least $1 mill in insurance. The Port of Newport requires $3m in various types of insurance. And they both still get folks that park and forget them. What a shame.

 

[Pirate Lady]

Don’t political on me but I think I read recently that Florida has a lot of derelict live a board boats and tried pass some kind law to get rid of. Went up SCOTUS. they lost to old admiralty water laws. Correct me if wrong Floridians. Can’t recall the US v Bubba Bobby case.

I do know that the law in MD is you can anchor in front of any property up to the high tide mark and not a dam thing property owner can do, old British admiralty law. Sorry, didn’t mean to thread-jack.

 

[Pirate Lady]

Our marina/boatyard takes in old derelict boats prior to grinding them up and sending to landfill. Always something new coming in. Interesting climbing on them on a Saturday morning thinking about how these were once really nice boats.

 

[Pirate Lady]

Some not that old, just let go to hell. Dam shame.

 

[b_arrington]

I’m almost done with my trip from Charleston to Long Island. We passed a lot of marinas and a lot of boats. Seems there are a metric crapton of Sea Rays out there. All the ones I saw this week seemed well cared for.

 

[Jeff Delbuono]

In my marina in new jersey i had a dock mate for a month named skeeter, ( no joke) him and his wife alice the goon would come every weekend and power drink on this nasty 32 sundancer. The boat smelled like ass and dead skunk beers. One day while im doing my weekly maintenance this drunken dick askes me why i spend so much time keeping my boat clean. Says he hasn't done an oil change in 14 years And only runs it to bring it to the slip and then to be pulled out again and the blue tarp bimini top works for him. This dick keeps drinking and then starts to get super nasty and starts in with the goon about something or other. Im a jersey cop and at no way have virgin ears but at $125 a foot im like o hell no. Well needless to say i had a nice talk to the marina owner and never saw skeeter and alice the goon again. Some people should just stay in their trailer and keep the boating to people who just love boats

 

[Phasma]

Its hard to imagine. I am the same way Jeff. I love boats. I care for mine like she is gold. Its sad to see a floating lady go to hell. Just a damn shame

 

[ttmott]

Don’t political on me but I think I read recently that Florida has a lot of derelict live a board boats and tried pass some kind law to get rid of. Went up SCOTUS. they lost to old admiralty water laws. Correct me if wrong Floridians. Can’t recall the US v Bubba Bobby case.

Waters in Florida that are managed by the COE are under federal law. Many municipalities have attempted to control what stays afloat in the waters (Palm Beach comes to mind) and were over-ruled by the Fed's. In our area most of the marinas have been renovated and any boat that didn't meet standards was removed; those boats are now scattered around permanently on the hook around our area, and there are a lot of them then that sink. It's a mess and when they sink the State/County has to fork out the funding to remove the mess unless in the federal marked waterways then the COE is responsible. So, we have boats that sink and remain for over a year before they are removed.....

 

[Little Ducky]

Unfortunately some can afford to buy the boat but they can't pay to fix the boat.

Engines cost money, Outdrives cost money, General maintenance cost money.

 

[Timeflys]

Here’s one that has seen better days:

 

[HawkX66]

Waters in Florida that are managed by the COE are under federal law. Many municipalities have attempted to control what stays afloat in the waters (Palm Beach comes to mind) and were over-ruled by the Fed's. In our area most of the marinas have been renovated and any boat that didn't meet standards was removed; those boats are now scattered around permanently on the hook around our area, and there are a lot of them then that sink. It's a mess and when they sink the State/County has to fork out the funding to remove the mess unless in the federal marked waterways then the COE is responsible. So, we have boats that sink and remain for over a year before they are removed.....

Wow! What an ecological disaster. I'm sure they're all stripped of oil and fuels etc. before they're put on the hook too...