T&T: Abandoned boats

[Bob McLeran]

You must be cruising in an area of Florida that isn't affected by the 
recession! :-{) Just the past two months there has been an accumulation 
of at least four abandoned sailboats around the Merritt Island (Florida) 
area where I travel almost daily. There are a few others (more 
sailboats) that don't seem to have anyone aboard or taking care of them 
that may well be abandoned.

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Bob McLeran and Judy Young                  Manatee Cove Marina
MV Sanderling                               Patrick Air Force Base
DeFever 41 Trawler                          Melbourne, Florida 



On 4/1/2009 6:17 PM, Pascal Gademer wrote:
> typical general media inacurate article... all of the abandonned boats 
> that i see around here (and there are quite a few) are old derelicts 
> which have not been insured or registered in years...  these are not 
> owners that are upside down on a loan, or "luxury" items, they are 
> $500 boats bought or obtained by folks woudl coulnd't even afford to 
> replace a battery...
>
> pascal
> miami,fl