Why not just let people claim them for free after 7 days? I saw a couple that I'd like :)

@calebakinfolarin8941

3 жыл бұрын

They’d rather make money off it

@johnjohnmcclane1818

3 жыл бұрын

If the abandoned boats were worth anything, they wouldn't have been abandoned.

@officialWWM

3 жыл бұрын

JohnJohn McClane they would still be worth something to me! Some people prefer to have the insurance payout!

@offgridmesa5035

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnjohnmcclane1818 if it still floats it’s worth something.

@mattthewanderer5029

3 жыл бұрын

Same!

This is a huge problem in FL. But I agree, Free boats. The only catch is....You gotta come get it.

@thedarklord573

3 жыл бұрын

Lol I’ll borrow a boat trailer, drive to FL, have someone help me tow it and take it. It’s really not that hard. Obviously I’m taking one that’s still floating lol

@monkey_ish4117

3 жыл бұрын

This the only reason I would move to America lol

@lightskinxxvvxx7334

3 жыл бұрын

Yea lol the boat would be pretty much trashed but can be fixable 🙃and if it isn't against the law to take a abandoned boat

@gelatoman7066

3 жыл бұрын

Wait really just fee boats out there

@redpilling5575

3 жыл бұрын

@@monkey_ish4117 Mad man I still wouldn’t Nothing could make me go back there

Florida's "Title law" says you can't claim them under the salvage law so boat restorer can't claim the boat, fix them and resell them so under the threat of jail they just leave them to mess up the beautiful environment. Another example of well meaning government making things worst

@rodneyjaynes2485

3 жыл бұрын

So change the law!!!!

@scottcantdance804

3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't you tow it out to open waters, or international waters, and be like "Oh I found this boat in International Waters, claiming it as salvage!"

@justplainducky

3 жыл бұрын

@@scottcantdance804 No, there's nothing you can do, mess with the boat and they'll nail your buttocks to the wall so in the meantime they sit rotting away and being an eyesore if they would just go back to the salvage law that exist every where else the problem would be solved (Good old American enterprise, if there's a need somebody will fill it)

@cuchulainodare3534

3 жыл бұрын

You did not just imply FLORIDA has well meaning government, but what they do have is a citizenry that is too stupid to vote in their own best interest.

@justplainducky

3 жыл бұрын

@@cuchulainodare3534 and?

Let people take the boats for free, no fees and let them keep what ever is found on them. No questions asked! Those boats will be gone in a month.

@yamamerjohnson3115

7 жыл бұрын

mixflip exactly, and there are title recovery places that can get you that title if it has been registered in florida previously. Pretty much any boat pre 2008... so that being said u can pretty much get any of those abandoned boats and turn it into something useful

@dattape2828

7 жыл бұрын

they probably can not be sold. damaged fiberglass bodies, corroded engines, lack of maintenance...

@ExclusivelyEsox

7 жыл бұрын

One of those aluminum jonboats could still sell for $500-1000 bare.

@duro845

7 жыл бұрын

mixflip the cost to fix them far exceeds the value of them. That's part of the reason they were probably abandoned

@mixflip

7 жыл бұрын

I get that...the city should just skip the paperwork and let people take them without question.

Gotta love it... Here I am scratching every penny to try and save up for a boat that I'd treat like gold and down in Florida you got people just abandoning them while they're still floating. Something terribly wrong with the world.

@LarryH54

6 жыл бұрын

Find one you like, get the VIN number, trace the owner or insurance company, and buy it for $1.

@Beanie-Sandals

3 жыл бұрын

Something is terribly wrong with Florida

@minavanderleest9493

3 жыл бұрын

You do not want to know how much new stuff or usable stuff is thrown away or abandoned. Modern society. Gotta love it.

@Onlycopz

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. I'm pinching pennies to afford a pontoon to spend time with my family. These rich pricks are just leaving six and seven figure boats. Crazy.

@audiproj4490

3 жыл бұрын

@@Onlycopzthanks for the laugh

Why didn't they just do the same as car repos and impound the boats and if the owner doesn't retrieve the boat in time they sell it off.

@davidreed9037

5 жыл бұрын

Not worth selling really. Cost of recovery alone is usually more than the value of the boats

@einsteindrieu

4 жыл бұрын

Your right your a good thinker TampaTec !!!

@carmineredd1198

3 жыл бұрын

yes and the same for 200 million abandoned and derelict houses. Detroit city owns 100,000 houses but they want $10,000+ minimum bid AND the buyer must fix them up within a year , but they are so destroyed it would take $100,000 to fix them and they are in dangerous neighborhoods . The city can get away with them being condemned but if you or i owned them the city would fine us $1000s of dollars

@joecurr3360

3 жыл бұрын

@@carmineredd1198 Black lives matter. Dont forget. 🤣

@carmineredd1198

3 жыл бұрын

@@joecurr3360 #GreyLivesMatter Support Your Local Aliens '(Θ\/Θ)''

Make it public knowledge that if a boat is abandoned for more than a certain amount of time, ANYONE can claim ownership simply by taking a photo of the abandoned sticker and claiming it at the courthouse named on the sticker. I am guessing that a salvage operation would love to have a steady stream of free boats.

@MrPrush-ji4gs

3 жыл бұрын

Stupid idea

@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrPrush-ji4gs howso is it stupid, stupid?

@MrPrush-ji4gs

3 жыл бұрын

@@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568 you have work in the morning, go to sleep

@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrPrush-ji4gs ah that it explains. tyvm.

@MrPrush-ji4gs

3 жыл бұрын

@@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568 are you out of touch in some way? This isn’t a finders keepers world, and you are also not worth my time so be gone.

Was in Bermuda for 4 months of work and there too abandoned ships littered everywhere due to hurricanes and laziness of the shipowners. As Dutch metal workers who also work in various shipyards we could not believe the amount of beautiful ships just being abandoned.

The best two days of a boat owners' life is the day he gets the boat and the day he gets rid of it.

@clearingbaffles

7 жыл бұрын

Bob Kerbs true of a FIAT also

"A $1.5 million grant to FWC" So FWC got 3 new boats. And used the leftover money for postage when they mail the fines to the owners.

1.4 million dollars to move a already floating boat? gtfoh I'll come do it for 100k and I'll flip the boats or something. this is a scam to obtain Grant$$

@outwestexplorer1966

3 жыл бұрын

The boats not even worth that much.

Wait ! Don't touch that boat ! Rob and I will be down there tomorrow . . . .

I agree let us salvage anything that is abandoned.

Maritime law allows for sunken, or abandoned boats to be salvaged and rescued by anyone who finds them, but Florida State law prohibits this. These boats could be cleaned up by people looking for a good deal, but the state won’t allow it. The owner of the derelict boat must assign title to a person who wants to salvage it, and some won’t do it.

All those bureaucrats need to do is reduce regulation on "salvage rights" and the problem will take care of itself. Simple plan: 1. The game warden while out on patrol photograph derelicts and record time/date 2. put a notice in the newspaper for 30 days for owner to comply and remove boat. 3. at 60 days Offer clear title to salvors while waiving any liability associated with recovery of boat. THats all that has to be done. If the government cleans up the problem it will cost tax payers millions and they are STILL waiving liability to the cleanup crew. So what's the problem government? ---> I think we all know the answer.

@alan98bert

7 жыл бұрын

That would be to simple and do nothing to create new bureaucracies for the taxpayers to fund. We can't have free market solutions that reduce the need for more government.

@ThisIsSolution

7 жыл бұрын

Samual Whittemore here's the problem, it's the bankers boats, they own them, the sheriff/police system is run by the bankers... they don't want to give away their possession for free. so instead of cleaning it up they tax the people who had tried to own the boats (using the boat registration numbers, even though they don't own the boat anymore it's still in their registration numbers on the side of boat) this way they continue to inject money into the system and the boats are left to rot, then the bankers fund more ship building companies to create new boats for the next generation of buyers, it's a win-win for the system but a loss for the people the banks are ruining

@Volkaer

7 жыл бұрын

I actually wrote something that's pretty much the same, then scrolled down, saw this post, and deleted mine. Why can't we just have common sense solutions like this? Not only are you solving the problem at virtually no cost, you are not wasting the boats and people who otherwise wouldn't, may have a chance to get a boat.

@CliftonPhotographer

6 жыл бұрын

I would think you'd need some liability, otherwise someone could come along, strip the metal of the boat, (including the anchor ) and let the boat float away causing more danger than a stationary boat. But at least you've got an idea where to start!

@gsh341

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThisIsSolution The bankers don't want junk that is sinking. They want their money and they have a loan they can use to foreclose on the previous owner. The owner still owes $50k for their boat they abandoned? The bank can seize assets to get their money. Was the boat listed as lost and the insurance paid? The bank got their money already. Clear up the regulations on salvage and let entrepreneurs get to work.

Some of those boats looked nice. I would gladly pay to take one and as long as they let me title it

here's an idea, allow people to take home any boats they find. Floridians will clean the boats up for free

@danijelandroid

3 жыл бұрын

That was my idea too.😎

@sergeig685

3 жыл бұрын

What a dumb idea. That means you can go and claim any boat you see

geez, if you are dumb enough to not grind your registration/hull ID/motor serial# off before you abandon it, you should get double fined. lol

I'll never forget the look on my mother's face when my father (who was a bit of a drinker) told the joke, "A boat is a hole in the water you put money in." When he sold his business he got a bigger boat and my mother got a divorce.

@willfriar8054

7 жыл бұрын

THAT'S FUNNY YOU DON'T NEED MUCH OF A BOAT FOR WOMEN TO COME ALONG . SAD BUT TRUE BOATS COST WIVES BUT MAKE NEW ONES WHO LOVE BOATS. MY WIFE CALLS HER FAT GIRL FRIEND WITH A WET BOTTOM LOL

@joystix11

3 жыл бұрын

@@willfriar8054 sir, your caps lock is on

@rodneyjaynes2485

3 жыл бұрын

@@willfriar8054 Love your answer! It's true and you have a gem of a wife!

So many abandoned boats!! lol I saw 3.. I see the same 3 boats.

Pass a salvage law like in California. Stop charging people and start offering for anyone to get them.

“It’s abled us to be able to start getting awareness to the owner sooner.” Nailed it

@andrewkitchenuk

3 жыл бұрын

Since when was 'abled' a verb? How about 'enabled'. Ridiculous how Americans mangle the English language. 🤬

@Venis-Pagina

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewkitchenuk I think most Americans just don’t give a fuck lmao There’s hella slang accents out here too where people just commonly mispronounce words on purpose

Good move. You know the owners collected the insurance money for the "totaled" boats, and if the boats were not insured, they are still the owners', not the taxpayers', responsibility. If the boat can be salvaged and someone else is willing to remove it at their cost, that should, indeed, be allowed.

Crazy.. I've been homeless while ago...situation not great yet.... I would one of those abandoned boats to live on. Would be heaven and I would be so gratefull.

@outwestexplorer1966

3 жыл бұрын

That would be a great idea. Help alleviate the homeless problem. Give abandoned boats or rvs to the poor and homeless.

At present we have 3 abandoned boats in our Bodega Bay harbor. All three are in various stages of 'sunkeness' . . . the county removed one sailboat after they received a $50,000.00 grant . . . yep, 50K to remove one 30' sailboat. The boat removed had run aground and was onshore 5 feet from the road.

@halheywood3910

6 жыл бұрын

Darris B. Nelson most county's in cal are corrupt .

@bdun1226

3 жыл бұрын

Damn I want this contract

Legacy of the Baby Boomer generation: this was predicted 30 years ago. There are just too many fiberglass boats and they are pretty much impossible to dispose of. It's going to get worse

@dontask8979

3 жыл бұрын

Always placing blame. Your generation has contributed nothing but brain dead liberal terrorists. The good news is, like everything else...you can be recycled too.

@Turbrewski

3 жыл бұрын

What a boneheaded thing to say

@markk3652

3 жыл бұрын

@@dontask8979 you can't argue the truth, and how exactly does one recycle a person?

@pebonifield

3 жыл бұрын

What does the generation have to do with it?

@pfzht

3 жыл бұрын

@@markk3652 by turning them into fertilizer.

It's pretty funny seeing people come up with straight forward solutions for the problem, then seeing them ask:"But why are they doing that?" And the answer almost always being:"Because of the money hungry mongrels we call the government."

@asommer518

3 жыл бұрын

Accept we the Tax Payers now are paying to clean it up. BETTER idea. JAIL the owners for a month or two and once the word got out the problem would mostly go away.

@dzerres

3 жыл бұрын

How are the "money hungry mongrels" causing people to abandon their garbage in the first place? It would be like you leaving your junk car under a bridge somewhere and just walking away. Is that somehow okay with you? Obviously one solution for a lot of garbage (tires, cars, anything with an engine) is a pre-paid refund system. That money (has to be high enough to interest other people) is paid at the time of purchase and refunded when that item is junked at a legit recycler.

@xtbum3339

3 жыл бұрын

It's not the government abandoning these boats clown.

@michaelh5055

3 жыл бұрын

Jail is the last resort. Find the owners and find out what happened. Was it stolen? Hurricane victim and no funds or way to recover the boat? FWC in my opinion is a giant money maker for the state. They seem to be everywhere issuing the max number of citations. Their purpose is supposedly to preserve and protect the environment. Use that giant fund to remove the boats and/or assist the owners. These are not mega yachts. These boats would not be that difficult to remove.

looks to me like there up for grabs...i'd take one thats still floats

@WTF_BBQ

7 жыл бұрын

You might find that the toilet is clogged and you're gonna have to clean up that shit.....literally.

@reallyhappenings5597

7 жыл бұрын

No greater money pit than a free boat, especially an abandoned one.

@CLee-oo9yl

7 жыл бұрын

*they're*

@jamesp13152

7 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately they don't allow that in the state of FL. Stupid law.

@samualwhittemore228

7 жыл бұрын

James Purcell THAT is THE PROBLEM! GOVERNMENT! Arghhh!

after derelict for 3 months its finders keepers ..that would clean up things real fast; spark the economy and tax revenue,, ,just noticed I'm not alone on this

@richardbeckenbaugh1805

3 жыл бұрын

Many of these boats have broken free of their moorings during hurricanes and the lawful owners have no idea where they are. I worked for an insurance company as a contractor, finding missing boats and repairing and returning them so the company wouldn’t have to pay out the full price of the boat. We got a lot of harassment from the police. Evidently, they didn’t want the boats to be recovered so that they could get more money to hire more people to do enforcement on boats. More people supervised means raises for top people in the departments. Many times we would be trying to tow a stranded boat we had papers on only to have the police show up and refuse to let us continue and would not look at the paperwork that said we had the legal right to recover that asset. Many of the boats recovered only needed minor repairs and cleaning to be returned. Saved the insurance company millions. I quit after a sheriffs deputy put a gun in my face and told me he would kill me for putting him out of work. Got it on camera, nobody interested in doing anything about it. The insurance company still has people recovering boats.

Nova Scotia has a serious boat-dumping problem, many companies register their boats in canada then never pay taxes on them, then when the boat is no longer seaworthy they ditch it in a harbour where it's impounded for backed taxes.

@henryhenry903

6 жыл бұрын

ionceateapinecone really people do that out east?

@ionceateapinecone

6 жыл бұрын

yeah, it's because of some loopholes in Canada's maritime law some fishermen and others exploit, often non-canadians registering the ship as canadian. the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society dumped the Farley Mowat off in Nova Scotia after registering the ship under the canadian flag, used it until it was falling to pieces, then dropped the thing off in harbour as the government's problem. That said, I did actually get to see the old Farley Mowat when I was visiting family out east, and it's pretty impressive to see a ship with a skull and crossbones that's been riddled with harpoon/bullet holes from angry whalers, so respect where respect is due.

@ionceateapinecone

5 жыл бұрын

@@garycadieux9649 yeah, and they will never pay it, instead letting the ship sit for long enough until it is collected as payment instead (essentially handling the cleanup and disposal of the ship for them)

Watching stuff like this makes me mad because I would love to own a boat and their is people out their who just leave them for others to clean up. If I lived down their I would help with the clean up of boats just so I could get one.

@gortnewton4765

6 жыл бұрын

If you are near the coast, boats get lost from moorings all the time. They usually get towed somewhere and sold at auction. Phone your local county/council (whatever) and ask about it. Phone around a few of the auction companies or the local Waterways Authority (whatever it is called in your country) and ask what happens to the abandoned boats.

@greggarrot8132

6 жыл бұрын

Good Ol Boy #76 it's usually because of a hurricane these boats got loose and the owners don't know where they're at I don't think they're intentionally abandoning them

@terryglenweaver

6 жыл бұрын

Good Ol Boy #76 --- You mean get one, until government figures out they can make you pay. Which they (the government) has all ready figured out. They just haven't told the news media.

@leighchristopherson2455

3 жыл бұрын

There not their.

I wonder If i Florida , you can just put a notice in the local newspaper ( Tampa times ) and if within 30 days no one claims the vessel. Then it becomes yours ! Thats how it is in Connecticut for abandoned motor vehicles. PLEASE : Are there any thoughts or comments on this subject ???? Thanks in advance .

I think those boats look pretty cool. Seems like it would be possible to repair them.

@justthisguy1948

3 жыл бұрын

Good luck with that it would costs more to fix than what it’s worth

What a testament that to the horrible idea which is boat ownership

@pthesmith

7 жыл бұрын

Thystaff Thywill Don't buy a boat if you can't afford the fees.

@rcairforceone

7 жыл бұрын

Friend told me when I talked about getting one: Boat owners have 2 happy days- one when they buy the boat, and one when they sell it. I live on the gulf but I don't think I'd use one enough to justify the cost.

@mymusings1293

7 жыл бұрын

People get sucked into the idea that they have to buy a fancy boat with all the bells and whistles and they imagine taking their friends and families out. Between maintenance and fuel costs, boats are a huge headache for the weekend warrior. Lifelong boat people usually know how to do their own repairs and buy something that's easy and economical to operate. You can tell who's who at any boat ramp, which can be a huge source of entertainment.

@joshuagift5635

6 жыл бұрын

I live on a sail boat, work on a crab boat, and have a small runabout rigged for commercial fishing. There is nothing wrong with boats. boats are wonderful. Boats are life. However, not everyone is mentally capable of owning a boat, as nice an idea as it is. Boats require care and attention constantly. Boats require a brain, common sense, self motivation to get things done, lots of patience, and a certain degree of analism that few people have the energy for between work, family, and friends. However, don't knock boats just cuz they're not for you. Like a lot of things: the reality is different from the fantasy, or as we say, "It looks different from the deck than it does from the wheelhouse". 🐟

@jeasongagnon4332

6 жыл бұрын

I'm a new boat owner, I bought a used 17ft Century, fits in my yard and i've only learned so much! If you buy a boat, you need a plan! Everything was figured out before looking. If you look first you'll be a sucker, no plan, not handy don't do it!

I've seen abandoned boats in pasco county and in pinellas it's pretty much been going on for years around both counties and it kinda makes me wonder why and what cause them to leave their boats like that? I go fishing and see the same sailboat by these islands near a park called weaver park in Dunedin FL

build a twin pontoon boat hoist in a U configuration. . a swing gate at the open that closes after the boat is surrounded to keep the open ends locked in place.. build it like a floating dock with 2x12s and styrofoam blocks. Various lengths of J shaped boat hooks to pull the straps down and pick them up on the other side.. since the idea is not to lift the derelict out of the water. the winches can be on the centerline of each pontoon.. so they don't tip when winching up.. if they put the transom inside or outside on the CLosed end. they don't need much in the way of specialized motors.. a single motor in the ends of the U sections with a 360 degree swivel ring.. like a gun turret.. so that could be used to hold position against current .. i can draw up some basic drawings if anybody wants but i am on the wrong side of the country to do this in person.. although it looks like it might be fun..

@seadoo9651

7 жыл бұрын

wayne p keep calm Einstein your knowledge is one of witchcraft level you might be burnt in public if you keep expressing your wisdom as all americans are of a infant level of wisdom

@willfriar8054

7 жыл бұрын

JUMP IN PUT IN SOME AIR BAGS FLOAT THE BOAT AND BEACH IT PUMP IT OUT AND TOW IT AWAY. LIKE REAL GUYS WHO DO IT FOR A LIVING. OK?

That's how I got my lil pontoon, owner sold his cabin and set it free. I filed an abandoned watercraft on it for $35.

@dannyho6786

3 жыл бұрын

I want some pontoon kate allen

$50? How about $500 a day until it's removed? That will clean things up.

@danielrose1392

7 жыл бұрын

Might hit the wrong one hard. What about a soldier overseas who had to leave his boat unattended for a few month, hoping nothing will happen. Sure that is wrong behavior, but you should not fine it with thousands of dollars.

@yomama1672

7 жыл бұрын

Rob Schmidt Old people flock to Florida. Old people love boats. Old people die. I wonder how many of these boats have dead owners.

@ffjsb

7 жыл бұрын

Daniel, a soldier is supposed to make all those arrangements BEFORE they deploy overseas. In fact, there's a lengthy pre-mobilization process to arrange all that. The fact that they don't fine it with thousands of dollars makes it more attractive for people to just dump their boats.

@apburner1

7 жыл бұрын

So you can then turn people into criminals because they can't pay your tyrannical fine? Good job!!!

@robschmidt5014

7 жыл бұрын

Tyrannical fine? I don't think so. Bay Pines is looking like a dumpsite these days. Do you like living in a dump or something? I sure don't. I get it that people die, but arrangements need to be made with next of kin. I have lots of respect for people in the military, and most of them are very responsible and make the proper arrangements before they left for a long tour so they're both wouldn't wash up and be stripped of all its components/be a hazard in the waterway.

That's not the only place in Florida you find these by the dozens. IF you can get to them before the city does, IF you can know it's truly abandoned, you can then claim it on salvaged recovery. But a lot of times they're not worth it. More so than not. But that said, you want a small project boat or to live aboard while fixing it... It's a start. But it does cost to fix them. It's not cheap. Not even for materials to diy. I do know a couple people that have done just that. It really depends on the size, the damage and knowing before hand what you're getting yourself into. Once you claim it, re-registered it. You're responsible for it. Including getting rid of it if it doesn't work out as planned. Which isn't cheap either. What's not said, is once the city tags them and finds the registers owner. They're fined and have to pay all the removal and demo fees. Which are pretty stiff.

Lol they left a notice on the half sink boat like the dude's going to see it

DUDE I NEED THAT JON BOAT ON 1:09 LOL IM BUILDING A SWAMP BUGGY

@lynnseward5086

6 жыл бұрын

Gus you should go get it. No one would notice

BOAT = Break Out Another Thousand....

@gregormiller4037

7 жыл бұрын

A hole in the water in which you pour money!

@reallyhappenings5597

7 жыл бұрын

Go small, go trailerable!

@gregormiller4037

7 жыл бұрын

I said that to my girlfriend, she took it litter lee.

@Stevo-xe9jw

7 жыл бұрын

Boating - the act of spending thousands of dollars so you can go out and do nothing.

@FrozT99

7 жыл бұрын

Bruce Wayne oh wow! did you make up that fancy acronym all by yourself?

The motor blocks in those boats can be made to look almost brand new and sold for quite a bit of money and parting out what’s left of the boat

So what happens when they scratch all the serial and VIN numbers off the boats before they "free" them

who the hell abandons there boat i will go and find and keep

@Giliganism

6 жыл бұрын

its illegal to seize an abandoned or sunken boat in Florida. The reason being Florida requires a title transfer. there is no legal way to transfer it to your name in florida unless the previous owner signs the title to you. without a title salvaging a boat is considered theft, which is bs but the way it is. Lived near baypines my whole life. there always have been and always will be derelict vessels until they make it legal for people to salvage them after a certain amount of time. The other issue is say you did contact the old owner, and got the title transferred. You are then responsible for any environmental damage and liens associated with that boat as well. which is kinda insane when you think about it.

I've heard stories of boat marinas going around cutting peoples boats loose so they can claim them after towing them.

@nobodynoone2500

2 жыл бұрын

Except the law doesnt work that way in florida. If it did, the boats wouldn't be floating, they would be claimed.

what happens to the boats?? can you purchase them

Here is a better idea and more of an incentive for owners to remove the boats , if the Boat is abandoned for more than a Month after warnings then whoever claims the boat can charge the original owners for its removal and they keep the title for the boat . So whichever way you look at it , it’s advantages for the original owner to remove , or they will have a hefty bill from the new owner.

People have to understand You need deep pockets to keep a boat! A romantic fantasy stops cold at the bank!

@jbodden6977

3 жыл бұрын

deep pockets or willing to put in sweat equity...

@SgtJoeSmith

3 жыл бұрын

rich people dont own boats. only poor people own boats

@incredulousd9408

3 жыл бұрын

@@SgtJoeSmith I disagree

@SgtJoeSmith

3 жыл бұрын

@@incredulousd9408 it was like a joke. Cause you start rich but spend all your money on the boat and become poor.

@incredulousd9408

3 жыл бұрын

@@SgtJoeSmith well. I can agree to that lol

I'm gonna go get me a boat!

I saw a tv show where people salvaged boats. In the 60s my dad would take me fishing on Old Hickory. We would fish all day and see maybe 2 boats. Now it seemms like everyone has a boat. Funny story in 1959 my dad and his friend built a wooden boat in my mom's dining room. She was very mad. She got madder when my dad realized the boat was too big to get out the door. lol I don't remember how they got it out I was only 4.

0:10 - An Action News "anchor" reporting on boats? How appropriate!

Finders Keepers!!

Tannerite and an a.k. 47.

how and who do u call to find out about getting the boat

The state should impound said boats If they are not moved in a timely manner, tow to port and have an auction. Proceeds go where the State needs it.

Grind them up , mix with Concrete to build the wall !

@einsteindrieu

4 жыл бұрын

Made me laugh Hans-Thanks !!!

@haroldjoiner7967

3 жыл бұрын

Best idea I've heard yet.

I want to fix all those boats and make myself a fleet (It's free real estate)

Ya know, there used to be salvage laws that applied to abandoned vessels. No need to fine owners, simply document abandoned vessels and allow salvage operations.....without 10 million freaking government hoops to jump through so that only big corps can get in on it.

That grant money would go nicely as a subsidy/incentive for salvage operators to do a cleanup.

@jeffstein730

7 жыл бұрын

Duncan D McGrath the government does not like to share.

All I can say about this is frrrreeee boat

aka - a new revenue stream

If they are abandoned then someone else should be able to claim them, I seen two nice floating ones I’d like to have and fix up !!! Iv been wanting a boat with cuddy cabin for a long time !!! 👍👍👍

Most of the boats have blown motors, which most of those boat need large ob motors that cost 10 of thousand of dollars to replace. Most Americans want something new and shiny and they generally have to finance the cost of the boats. I keep my at marina and 80 of the boats never move out of the slip which causes the motors to break, the moral of the story is if you own a boat use it, or sell it.

I need those free boats for fishing!

@livesimplyandhumbly

7 жыл бұрын

You'll likely need to put in a few thousand dollars in repairs.

I'll take one. And I won't charge a fee for it either. 😀

You know how many people would love to get those boats? The state doesn't need to spend a dime. All they need to do is put a sticker in the vessel and after so many days. Its a free boat, first come first serve.

Does anyone think that the male newsroom anchor looks a lot like Dr. Sheldon Cooper?

These boats have zero 'scrap value' - fiberglass isn't recyclable except as fill. Check your local transfer station's tipping fee to see what it would cost to get rid of, say, a 25 ft sailboat. Add in the cost to haul it out of the water and transport it and you'll see why these boats are abandoned. You have to hit owners in the pocketbook - seize their automobiles or revoke their driver's licenses until they deal with their responsibilities. Or, have owners of any vessel over 16 ft post a bond.

@LittleOldDodges

6 жыл бұрын

The problem is if it was just minor costs to retrieve them it'd be one thing. They like to create an entire ecological cost to it and then try to shoulder the entire fee on the owner. It's largely what made the problem in the first place. If people could just drag them out and scrap or salvage from them, someone would. They've made retrieval a bureaucratic nightmare far worse than ownership. You won't be able to fix the problems that were caused by regulation and mandates with more regulation and more mandates.

This law is a joke.

Well, in our State, we have to Not Only Includes the cost to have the Boat Removed is sunk, but also ave an additional cots of $20 per Ft. a Year..And that has to be for all Registered Boats from 12 ft Dingy's to 100 Ft Yachts..and Its an Additional Sticker next to the Registration # on the Bow. If No Sticker? You can't launch the Boat , they are Ck'd when Launching by The people Collecting the Launching fee or the Marina is Responsible if Launching it. And of course is you can't afford this? You can't afford a Boat.. Its not the Total Answer but it helps . Current one's not with this Insurance Policy are Sunk ( Blown Up ) if In deep enough Water..Others Are Towed in and Destroyed and it really doesn't cost that much as some claim. Figure $200 a day per Salvage Persons Pay at $20 hr x 10 hr day..Some Marine Companies hear its Goverment( DNR or Coast Guard,etc) Will Try to Raise the Reg. Rates, but the Ck what they are before Offering them the Job.... and there are Typical Goverment People trying to get More Tax $ Funding to get paid more, etc. Some are also Hauled out into Deeper Waters and Blown Up and Sunk..To Creat More Areas for Fish, etc. to Use.. Some are also Auctioned off right were they are ( In the Water) Via On The Internet now and the New Owner has 21 days to remove it and the new system is also Working well...Just Find out whome is the Local State Legislator and Congress Person and lobby them..

Wait, so if you have an accident while underway and have no choice but to abandon ship, then you get fined?

@itz-ligma4391

4 жыл бұрын

It’s after a certain amount of time a boat sits there

those boats hurt no one crooks fine the owner then sell the boats making tons of cash.taxation without representation its unconstitutional

Just another sign the economy is shrinking, NOT growing.

If people can't afford to take care of their boat, what makes the authorities think they can cover the cost of the fines? I understand the motive, but people who fall on hard times can't afford that, hence the reason the boat is derelict! They need to allow the government to take those boats and offer them at auction. Fixer upper types would love that.

what's monoring???

1st world problems 😂😂😂

@uio890138

4 жыл бұрын

Actually abandoned boats are a problem in every nation that has shorelines. Hard to apply that liberal commie bullshit on this one.

give them to homeless folk

I didn't know boat ownership doesn't works like car ownership. Like u could just left your car for a year then drive back at it again.

There should be an impound yard and auctions on those boats ~

at least they are in the water florida is the only place where you find abandoned boats on the side of the road

They should allow anyone that wants them to do so, once the owner has been made aware of the situation and only make them pay for the removal if no one reclaims it or takes it to salvage any parts that can be reused. Once this has happened authority's can place a notice on the vessel declaring it free to anyone that wants to take it, but with just a 30 day time limit after then let the authority's take it. I think many of them may have been used for drug running.

@shnarklevonbarkle110

6 жыл бұрын

Bert, that's how they do it in California, and the boats that are snatched up by salvage companies or private individuals are only a fraction of the total. They post a notice just like the one's in the news clip which notifies the owner that they have 100 days to deal with their derelict vessel. On day 100, anyone can come and take it, go to the DMV and ask for a new title. Pretty simple, but most people just grab them, and live on them for a while until they sink or are abandoned again.

They're alot in the Gandy bridge bay on the St.Pete side. It's disgusting because there's a Manatee sanctuary right next to it

As for the night dangers they could use those solar lights we use for garden paths just plant one or two on each end of the boat wala no batteries to change. And charge the owners for the lights.

Owners claimed the insurance off it, laughed all the way to the bank and said NOT MY PROBLEM ANYMORE

Can’t they be salvaged and claimed , sold at auction to cover costs of removing and funding??? Hell I’ll come down to Florida and claim a boat

To the people saying finders keepers. Even if the owners give their ownership to the people who are interested for free, they will pay a hefty price. The towing and hauling can almost cost in the 6 figure range and the local govt fees for hazardous waste can make it jump well into 7 figures. I get why those fines are in place but if the problem is due to weather rather than neglect, it works against the people's interest to pull them out of the water.

In a place that has high winds and hurricanes, maybe some boats drift off during a storm. Perhaps some of these boats were actually claimed under the owners insurance and the insurance company wrote it off.

Can you imagine having so much money you just abandon your boat🤯🤯

@FistSaidToTheFace

3 жыл бұрын

that's not how it works. it's people that WANT to live the "american dream" and take a loan out to buy a boat even though they can't afford it. this is how it ends up. this is the reason america is in so much debt, because everyone wants to live big even though they can't afford it, racking up unpaid loans of course prices go up and money becomes worthless.

Insurance companies pay the owners to salvage. Most owners cash that fat check and forget the boat. Owners should have to pay the salvage fees as they've already been paid.

My wife and I lost are home January 23 2021 we've been forced to live in our van since we would love one to live on or a place to call home liveing in our van is really starting to take a toll on the both of us my wife has epilepsy we both receive monthly ssi ssdi checks and I work at kirklands but we still have yet to find a place to call home other then are van .

The fine should be 200 dollars for the first week. After that first week if the boat isn't removed then everyday after that first week should be 200 dollars PER DAY. The money brought in by the fines should be used to remove the boats that have no identification linking the boat to a owner.

I'm guessing people leave them because of the recovery cost, storage costs after recovery and repair costs. All said and done is probably 20k-30k if not more for a boat that is probably lucky to be worth 10k if it was in good running condition. The state should allow people to take them 30 days after they have put the sticker on the boat and owners notified. Maybe have a salvageable date on posted sticker. That way people with the means to store and restore these boats with their own labor can do so. Sure some won't be worth the trouble but I'm guessing a lot will start to disappear.

All the storms hurricanes etc blow them away they can't be found easily the boat owner collects an insurance check and the boats are left to litter the waters.

@LarryH54

6 жыл бұрын

Shouldn't the insurance companies give them away for a song?

We found Florida's answer to affordable housing

The two best days in a boat owners life are the day he buys it and the day he sells it! Bust out another thousand!

"They" should raise them all, refurbish and give to the homeless people to live in.

good score free home to live in with ocean view

I have tried to buy 2 power boats that have been left in the St John's River for 3.5 years. But no one we'll take responsibility for the old boats.

Sounds like a free boat to me.