This Made Me Sad

[Matt sachs]

+1 for steel. Clean the crap out and sink her is deep water. no muss no fuss. And the fishes have a home for a while.

[Celestialsailor]

I talked to a guy in Texas who gets most of these boats for free or very little if they have a few pieces of decent gear (roller furling, self tailing winches). He drags them up on his trailer, drives off to some land he has leased and cuts the metal out of them, removes the keel (Iron or lead) , then he granulated the fiberglass and it is sold to a paving company that found it gives better traction and lasts longer.
But get this...Now the city near where he does this wants to shut him down because a school is 2 miles away and airborne toxic waste might make it's way there.
Never let any good deed go unpunished!

[Jim Cate]

Originally Posted by Seaworthy Lass

Aluminium can be completely recycled

PS Sorry, I couldn't resist, I have a wicked streak

Ahhh, but SL, would you want your beloved alloy boat to be reincarnated as a beer can?

Better a Viking funeral type exit.

Or better yet, do what Paul and Susan Mitchell did with their classic schooner when she sprang a plank and was irretrievably sinking in the South Pacific: removed all salvageble items and those of sentimental value, set all her sails, flew flags of the many countries they had visited in her, trimmed her out and stepped into the dinghy and retreated to a friends boat whilst she sailed herself under.

Now that's class... but really sad... really, really sad.

Cheers,

Jim

[Seaworthy Lass]

Originally Posted by Jim Cate

Ahhh, but SL, would you want your beloved alloy boat to be reincarnated as a beer can?

Better a Viking funeral type exit.

Or better yet, do what Paul and Susan Mitchell did with their classic schooner when she sprang a plank and was irretrievably sinking in the South Pacific: removed all salvageble items and those of sentimental value, set all her sails, flew flags of the many countries they had visited in her, trimmed her out and stepped into the dinghy and retreated to a friends boat whilst she sailed herself under.

Now that's class... but really sad... really, really sad.

Cheers,

Jim

Ever practical, I think I would spend time trying to plug the leak rather than hoisting flags LOL. There was a good YouTube link posted on the Fibreglass vs Aluminium thread about plugging leaks:
YouTube
This gave a couple of techniques that I had not thought of and they were surprisingly effective. It made it much easier for them knowing where the hole was though, I can imagine trying to rip up settees and beds (let alone kitchens) trying to find the hole or access it.

It would be painful losing our beloved boat in any way, but I think I would actually prefer it to be scrapped and made into beer cans (remember I am an Aussie) rather than sunk .

[sushirama]

I could use those hatches and portlights. Theyre better than 40 year old ones that I have on my boat. And those cleats too. One mans trash is another mans come uppance.

[Jim Cate]

Originally Posted by Seaworthy Lass

Ever practical, I think I would spend time trying to plug the leak rather than hoisting flags LOL.
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It would be painful losing our beloved boat in any way, but I think I would actually prefer it to be scrapped and made into beer cans (remember I am an Aussie) rather than sunk .

G'Day SL,

Paul and Susan were (and are) highly competent professionals. They were near an isolated atoll anchorage and had a friend with a large boat nearby as well... thus the chance to salvage what they did. They gave repair their best shot but found that it was hopeless and decided to follow the plan described. To make thigns worse, the boat had been sold and they were delivering her to the new owner... almost. And for those cynics aboard... she was not insured.

Cheers,

Jim

[Seaworthy Lass]

Originally Posted by Jim Cate

G'Day SL,
Paul and Susan were (and are) highly competent professionals. They were near an isolated atoll anchorage and had a friend with a large boat nearby as well... thus the chance to salvage what they did. They gave repair their best shot but found that it was hopeless and decided to follow the plan described. To make thigns worse, the boat had been sold and they were delivering her to the new owner... almost. And for those cynics aboard... she was not insured.
Cheers,
Jim

Oh, now that is sad .
Very lucky though that they had another boat close by to pick them up. Loss of boat is bad enough, loss of life would have been worse!

[jgbrown]

Good :-) Though we have few derelicts here, I'd rather see a boat properly stripped and salvaged than rotting away on a mooring making a mess and preventing others from getting out there or giving a bad impression of boats. Same goes for me :-) If I'm dead, rather they get the useful bits out instead of it all going to waste.

[mausgras]

Originally Posted by jgbrown

Good :-) Though we have few derelicts here, I'd rather see a boat properly stripped and salvaged than rotting away on a mooring making a mess and preventing others from getting out there or giving a bad impression of boats. Same goes for me :-) If I'm dead, rather they get the useful bits out instead of it all going to waste.

In Langkawi (Malaysia) I looked at a once beautiful vessel that was a deceased estate. It had obviously been a much loved boat. It had been extensively modified and personalised by a skilled seaman. One of the cabins had even been turned into a machine shop. But it had been sitting at its slip for a number of years gathering seaweed and rapidly deteriorating.

The descendants in Europe were asking a ridiculous price for it either out of misguided understanding for its market worth or sentimental reasons.

It made me sad to see a boat once so doted upon now so neglected.

[jgbrown]

Originally Posted by mausgras

In Langkawi (Malaysia) I looked at a once beautiful vessel that was a deceased estate. It had obviously been a much loved boat. It had been extensively modified and personalised by a skilled seaman. One of the cabins had even been turned into a machine shop. But it had been sitting at its slip for a number of years gathering seaweed and rapidly deteriorating.

The descendants in Europe were asking a ridiculous price for it either out of misguided understanding for its market worth or sentimental reasons.

It made me sad to see a boat once so doted upon now so neglected.

There was one here too like that... crying shame. the refit was well over 600, 000$(closer to 8 if I remember right). Every plank, all custom interior, new watermaker, new cabinets, new engine, all new rigging, the guy even gold plated all the bronze so he wouldn't have to polish it. Lovely looking boat. They just finished it up, and he couldn't pay, bankrupt, a wheeler and dealer in the real estate world.
Bailifs insisted on asking 300, 000$ for long enough that she was in rough shape, maybe too rough to be worth much more than salvage, and still asking 70k last I looked. Would have made a beautiful boat for someone...

[Andrew Troup]

Originally Posted by Kettlewell

That's one thing I really like about wooden boats--they are biodegradable.

or metal boats : they're recyclable

[Nessus]

The thing had probably been on the yachtbroker for the last 10 years for $65k.

[S/V Blondie-Dog]

[QUOTE=BlackOak;1100253]I dont know why I felt that way, but it made me so sad I couldnt stay an watch it happening. Today, at the end of my dock, these guys towed in and tied up this 30' Irwin.



Yippers... seeing pics of that sailboat getting trashed brought a tear to my eye as well. snif, snif.

Yet I'm pretty sure that I would have felt otherwise had it been a powerboat.

Jest' sayin'...