continuing saga of salvage
 

as a result of hurricane sandy, my bloat, which had been on blocks for
winter stoarge, floated off the blocks and was salvaged by seatow.
they wanted $150/ft for salvage.

i have a very old tollycraft 26' and, quite frankly, it's not worth
that amount of money. i called seatow and told them that in october.
haven't heard back.

my wife, who's an attorney, and i looked up the rules of
salvage...apparently 'blackwall rules' limit the value of salvage
claims to about 10-30% of the boat unless it was a risky or
particularly involved salvage. so it seems that, according to law,
their options are limited

since i haven't heard from them in months, anyone know what's going
on? salvage was not covered under my crappy insurance policy (who the
hell buys salvage insurance for a boat you take out perhaps 2x a
year?)

so what do you think?

continuing saga of salvage
 

On Jan 20, 4:23*pm, wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:13:39 -0500, bob wrote:
as a result of hurricane sandy, my bloat, which had been on blocks for
winter stoarge, floated off the blocks and was salvaged by seatow.
they wanted $150/ft for salvage.

i have a very old tollycraft 26' and, quite frankly, it's not worth
that amount of money. i called seatow and told them that in october.
haven't heard back.

my wife, who's an attorney, and i looked up the rules of
salvage...apparently 'blackwall rules' limit the value of salvage
claims to about 10-30% of the boat unless it was a risky or
particularly involved salvage. so it seems that, according to law,
their options are limited

since i haven't heard from them in months, anyone know what's going
on? salvage was not covered under my crappy insurance policy (who the
hell buys salvage insurance for a boat you take out perhaps 2x a
year?)

so what do you think?

Bob, your wife is an attorney and you ask us? Do you two communicate?

Seriously, it is time to ask them for a written response. You are
probably small fry, so I don't think it is worth it to them to pursue
you. Who has custody of the boat? That may help some, but your real
problem is that they can shift focus from you and bring suit against
the boat "In Rem."

You need to discover their intent.

Either that or they're trying to squeeze more storage fees.

continuing saga of salvage
 

On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:13:39 -0500, bob wrote:

as a result of hurricane sandy, my bloat, which had been on blocks for
winter stoarge, floated off the blocks and was salvaged by seatow.
they wanted $150/ft for salvage.

i have a very old tollycraft 26' and, quite frankly, it's not worth
that amount of money. i called seatow and told them that in october.
haven't heard back.

my wife, who's an attorney, and i looked up the rules of
salvage...apparently 'blackwall rules' limit the value of salvage
claims to about 10-30% of the boat unless it was a risky or
particularly involved salvage. so it seems that, according to law,
their options are limited

since i haven't heard from them in months, anyone know what's going
on? salvage was not covered under my crappy insurance policy (who the
hell buys salvage insurance for a boat you take out perhaps 2x a
year?)

so what do you think?

I'm not an attorney, so can't give advice, although I agree with what bayboat said.

In any case, it's interesting, so please keep us posted.


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'Name-calling'...the liberals' answer to a lost argument!

continuing saga of salvage
 

On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:20:28 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:

On Jan 20, 4:23*pm, wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:13:39 -0500, bob wrote:
as a result of hurricane sandy, my bloat, which had been on blocks for
winter stoarge, floated off the blocks and was salvaged by seatow.
they wanted $150/ft for salvage.

i have a very old tollycraft 26' and, quite frankly, it's not worth
that amount of money. i called seatow and told them that in october.
haven't heard back.

my wife, who's an attorney, and i looked up the rules of
salvage...apparently 'blackwall rules' limit the value of salvage
claims to about 10-30% of the boat unless it was a risky or
particularly involved salvage. so it seems that, according to law,
their options are limited

since i haven't heard from them in months, anyone know what's going
on? salvage was not covered under my crappy insurance policy (who the
hell buys salvage insurance for a boat you take out perhaps 2x a
year?)

so what do you think?

Bob, your wife is an attorney and you ask us? Do you two communicate?

Seriously, it is time to ask them for a written response. You are
probably small fry, so I don't think it is worth it to them to pursue
you. Who has custody of the boat? That may help some, but your real
problem is that they can shift focus from you and bring suit against
the boat "In Rem."

You need to discover their intent.

Either that or they're trying to squeeze more storage fees.

Now *that* is an interesting thought. At $100/day, or whatever they decide to charge, those could
get expensive.


Salmonbait

--

'Name-calling'...the liberals' answer to a lost argument!

continuing saga of salvage
 

On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:13:39 -0500, bob wrote:

as a result of hurricane sandy, my bloat, which had been on blocks for
winter stoarge, floated off the blocks and was salvaged by seatow.
they wanted $150/ft for salvage.

i have a very old tollycraft 26' and, quite frankly, it's not worth
that amount of money. i called seatow and told them that in october.
haven't heard back.

my wife, who's an attorney, and i looked up the rules of
salvage...apparently 'blackwall rules' limit the value of salvage
claims to about 10-30% of the boat unless it was a risky or
particularly involved salvage. so it seems that, according to law,
their options are limited

since i haven't heard from them in months, anyone know what's going
on? salvage was not covered under my crappy insurance policy (who the
hell buys salvage insurance for a boat you take out perhaps 2x a
year?)

so what do you think?

You might want to have your wife (she may have done so already) look
into what maritime law says about salvage and liability.

I think pursuing seatow and getting a definitive answer on their
assumptions would be prudent. That way you won't be supervised by any
attempt to collect down the road, with interest or whatever attorney
fees they might incur. And, you'll sleep more soundly, or not.