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R15K t1_je0psaf wrote

Reply to comment by ohidontthinks0 in They’re Dealing With the Boat Finally by KawaiiFive0h

They do, which includes both recovery and disposal so it’s usually pretty massive. But the problem is that generally these boats are abandoned because the owner is no longer around to care for them (jail, death, moved back to a foreign country, etc.) so the majority of these end up getting paid for by our tax dollars. These boats are worth a ton of money so they usually don’t end up in such a sunken state unless the owner suddenly exists the picture.

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bleepblopbl0rp t1_je0xxd5 wrote

There's a story about it that says the owner is either unwilling or unable to get the boat, whatever that means

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motociclista t1_je15zxb wrote

I’m a boater and this situation has been discussed at length on the local boating facebook pages. If scuttlebutt is to be believed, this guy got a boat he couldn’t really afford. Then couldn’t afford docking. Then it broke and he couldn’t afford to fix it. The he just decided to pick up and move out of state.

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Duke-996s t1_je1hac9 wrote

You deserve bonus points for working the nautical term "scuttlebutt" into this thread.

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motociclista t1_je1od43 wrote

I live on a boat, I try to work in nautical terms when I can!

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thescorch t1_je29cuz wrote

I've fantasized about living on a house boat in a city before. How is it?

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motociclista t1_je2ax4b wrote

I was using a bit hyperbole. I don’t live on a boat full time. Just part time during the summer months. It’s pretty great really. I’m a boater, and love being on the river. So it’s cool to have a little house on the river that I can start up and drive around. For me it’s more about boating than having a house. What I mean by that is I know some people that live on a boat because it’s a cheap way to live. For me it’s a hobby. I like boating and a houseboat is the perfect type of boat for what I do now. I’ve owned all different types of boats, but houseboating is where I’m at right now. If you have specific questions, feel free to “slide into my DM’s” as the kids say.

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daninhim t1_je4ic7h wrote

In the late 90s I had a coworker that lived on one docked of Washington’s landing. It was nice until it wasn’t. And by that I mean when the River froze over and the ice floe ripped her home from its mooring and dumped it by the Point.

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