"Roger Long" wrote in news:4EN5h.15970$xw1.5156
@twister.nyroc.rr.com:

It happened to a friend's boat last year. It was towed in by an LNG
ship. Aside from all the cushions being soaked and a bent bow pulpit
(from the tow line), it didn't look any worse than after a two week
cruise in Maine. As he quipped, "As soon as they stopped trying to
steer it, it did just fine."



I remember reading a story about a boat the owner abandoned off California
in a terrible storm. Several years later, some fishermen dragged it into
Hawaii and CG called them to come get it. You're right about the steering.
It must have been a long voyage to Hawaii in the current. The story said
the bilge pump was still working off the solar-charged batteries! Wonder
how many storms it went through with noone steering over those years? It
was fine....

Do they have to pay the insurance company back to keep from being
prosecuted for insurance fraud when that happens? I've often wondered how
many abandonments actually involved insurance fraud, trying to get more
money out of a boat than the market was willing to pay, if anything....It's
a point.

Larry
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