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St. Augustine man selling boat for $1 after beaching it
actionnewsjax.com ^ | January 03, 2025 | ActionNewsJax.com News Staff

Posted on 01/03/2025 6:11:54 AM PST by V_TWIN

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To: V_TWIN

Friends with deep ocean ancorage tell me that abandoned boats are a big deal.

Homeless swim out and live in them. Leave messes.

The boats are often untraceable and costly for towns to remove


41 posted on 01/03/2025 9:34:26 AM PST by Chickensoup
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To: V_TWIN; SaveFerris; gundog

Is anybody here a marine floatologist?


42 posted on 01/03/2025 9:41:56 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Chickensoup

“costly for towns to remove”

Yep, that’s what happened last time....these people that own these sailboats live on ‘em and usually don’t have two nickles ti rub together......so the city recouping any expenditures for removal is futile.


43 posted on 01/03/2025 9:44:10 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Larry Lucido

LOL! YOU WIN!

👍🤣


44 posted on 01/03/2025 9:45:13 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: V_TWIN
One of these should do the trick on short order.

Inflatable Rubber Marine Balloons for Ship Launching Lifting Docking


45 posted on 01/03/2025 10:25:40 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: V_TWIN

A good friend of mine purchased a big boat in Florida that had been sunk in a storm.

As he was pressure washing it inside, suddenly cash started flying. Here the boat had a very large amount of cash stashed inside that was totally buried in the mud.

Was a very profitable venture.


46 posted on 01/03/2025 10:29:16 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: FamiliarFace
... St. Augustine ...

Did they move that city out of Florida recently?

47 posted on 01/03/2025 11:11:53 AM PST by GingisK
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To: ridesthemiles
...HIRE A HEAVY-LIFT HELICOPTER....

Bulldozer is cheaper.

48 posted on 01/03/2025 11:13:46 AM PST by GingisK
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To: GingisK

You missed my point. Usually the headline says “Florida Man” and then specifies which place in Florida. Probably grabs a few more eyeballs that way.


49 posted on 01/03/2025 3:55:23 PM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: V_TWIN

This isn’t the “S.S. Minnow’’, is it?


50 posted on 01/04/2025 1:59:25 AM PST by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: FamiliarFace
“Usually the headline says “Florida Man’’ and specifies which place in Florida’’.

Indeed. “Florida Man’’ is legendary for his brazenly stupid antics.

51 posted on 01/04/2025 2:05:28 AM PST by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: Alas Babylon!
That should be a couple of hundred at best.

It has been a decade or more when there was a 29 foot tarpon boat that was taking on water and ran ashore on the beach in front of the condo we were staying at in the Tampa area. The early estimate was $5K by Sea Tow. They were there all day and made several attempts to refloat it with airbags. That weren't successful until high tide at sunset. I have no idea what the final cost was.

52 posted on 01/04/2025 4:52:43 AM PST by EVO X ( )
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