What a waste...

[JimG]

Ran across these pictures on FB. Looks like a ~2010 330.

Somewhere just NW of Tyndall AFB. Remnants of Hurricane Michael I believe... Why would they let these sit?

 

[Gofirstclass]

That is sad. I bet they've been pretty well picked over.

Why let them sit? I'd bet it all comes down to who is going to foot the bill for the removal.

 

[FootballFan]

I agree - maybe its removal costs.

Owner may not have had removal coverage (they bought a boat policy not a yacht policy). Maybe who owns environmental clean up for fuel that is on board.

Who knows, a shame, but happens

 

[Third Edition]

There are abandoned boats all over Florida. It is a shame.

 

[sdarc]

Looks like each boat has been "tagged".

 

[JimG]

Looks like each boat has been "tagged".

Yes... I see that now that you spotted it.

 

[fwebster]

Actually, those boats are situated on Shell Island which is Southeast of Tyndall AFB. All of the marinas in that area were destroyed.....2 city owned marinas and 2 privately owned ones, and the Sea Ray (anyway) could have been on a lift behind someone's home. There is no telling who owns it.

The boats are sitting on a Federally owned barrier island that is part of Tyndall AFB's restricted area. There is no infrastructure whatsoever.....it is just an island. The only way to get a crane or trackhoe to the boats is by barge.

The USCG, FWC and NOAA have had crews working steadily since Michael hit removing damaged and destroyed boats. So far they have removed all those that were deemed to be hazards to navigation, about 550 boats. Those remaining are to big or too fragile to remove, or are on private property, like those in the photo.

The local landfill has a huge area (something like 10 acres) dedicated to boat storage and it is packed rub rail to rubrail; bow to stern. When the clean up is done they will bring in equipment to crush the boats so they can be buried.

The really sobering fact here is that I know and have run some of the boats at the landfill......a 360DA with new state of the art electronics, owned by an avionics repair shop owner,.....A 370DA with Cat diesels that we traveled with regularly.....a 420DA that I ran from Destin to Panama city for the owner when one engine dropped a valve......a 400EC that I tried to buy (but was thankfully unsuccessful) in 1996. It was a PD&E boat loaded to the gills with every possible option, many SR decided not to offer, it was also the first Cat powered 400.

What is sad is that most of those owners are not going to replace their boats.

 

[Third Edition]

While "The USCG, FWC and NOAA have had crews working steadily since Michael hit removing damaged and destroyed boats" there are many in other parts of FL left over from Matthew and Irma.

 

[MonacoMike]

Actually, those boats are situated on Shell Island which is Southeast of Tyndall AFB. All of the marinas in that area were destroyed.....2 city owned marinas and 2 privately owned ones, and the Sea Ray (anyway) could have been on a lift behind someone's home. There is no telling who owns it.

The boats are sitting on a Federally owned barrier island that is part of Tyndall AFB's restricted area. There is no infrastructure whatsoever.....it is just an island. The only way to get a crane or trackhoe to the boats is by barge.

The USCG, FWC and NOAA have had crews working steadily since Michael hit removing damaged and destroyed boats. So far they have removed all those that were deemed to be hazards to navigation, about 550 boats. Those remaining are to big or too fragile to remove, or are on private property, like those in the photo.

The local landfill has a huge area (something like 10 acres) dedicated to boat storage and it is packed rub rail to rubrail; bow to stern. When the clean up is done they will bring in equipment to crush the boats so they can be buried.

The really sobering fact here is that I know and have run some of the boats at the landfill......a 360DA with new state of the art electronics, owned by an avionics repair shop owner,.....A 370DA with Cat diesels that we traveled with regularly.....a 420DA that I ran from Destin to Panama city for the owner when one engine dropped a valve......a 400EC that I tried to buy (but was thankfully unsuccessful) in 1996. It was a PD&E boat loaded to the gills with every possible option, many SR decided not to offer, it was also the first Cat powered 400.

What is sad is that most of those owners are not going to replace their boats.

Wow, great insight into the issue. Not surprised that the owners are not replacing the boats. BoatUS does a survey of just who is a boater and from 2004-2014 there were few new younger boaters, the average age just raised 10 years. Not sure if that has changed in the last couple of years.

I see a cool poll question on the horizion...

MM