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Old 02-27-2013, 09:28 AM
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includes full crew of industrious rats.

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Old 02-27-2013, 09:55 AM
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Where's my ship?

Answer here....

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Old 02-27-2013, 10:03 AM
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push it off the coast of Somalia....
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Old 02-27-2013, 10:07 AM
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I imagine whomever takes it in now might end up with some sort of attachments or liens to taking legal title to it.
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Old 02-27-2013, 10:12 AM
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I'm pretty sure marine salvage laws would award the vessel to whomever tows it home.
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Old 02-27-2013, 10:47 AM
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I wonder how much its worth in scrap metal?
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Old 02-27-2013, 12:10 PM
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push it off the coast of Somalia....

That wouldn't be fair for all the rats!

How 'bout letting the U.S. Navy use it for target practice?
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Old 02-27-2013, 12:58 PM
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I'm pretty sure marine salvage laws would award the vessel to whomever tows it home.
If it is truely unencumbered and free for the taking wouldn't the towing company made the effort to recover it?
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Old 02-27-2013, 01:13 PM
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This vessel doesn't happen to be named Charm Blow??
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WHY ARE THERE SO MANY BOATS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC WITHOUT TITLES!?
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Old 02-27-2013, 03:44 PM
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WHY ARE THERE SO MANY BOATS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC WITHOUT TITLES!?
Hurricane Sam? or was it Stan?
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There is nothing more expensive than a "cheap boat"
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Old 02-27-2013, 07:07 PM
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There is nothing more expensive than a "cheap boat"
Solidly in the 3F catagory...
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There is nothing more expensive than a "cheap boat"
A cheap Mercedes is right up there.
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Old 02-27-2013, 08:32 PM
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A cheap Mercedes is right up there.
Are you familiar with the term "boat buck".

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