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Sunk!: Reason Becky Thatcher took on water not known
The (Parkersburg, WV) News and Sentinel ^ | February 22 | SAM SHAWVER

Posted on 02/22/2010 11:12:49 AM PST by PghBaldy

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To: Pessimist

That was my first thought. He is in a hurry to get her cut up for salvage. “I need to get a wrecking crew in there as soon as possible and cut the boat into scrap, then I’ll sell whatever I can to try and recoup some of the cost,” he said. “But it has to be demolished quickly.” Why the haste?

At the end of the article it says he only had liability insurance on her. He can only hope to recoup whatever he sells as scrap.
Very sad, we spent some pleasant evenings aboard her when she was a dinner theater.


21 posted on 02/22/2010 3:24:17 PM PST by kalee (The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
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To: SZonian

No insurance, no buyers for her, no money to keep her fit, sounds like sink her and scrap her may have been his way to get rid of an albatross.
Sad, I spent many evenings aboard her dining and enjoying theater.


22 posted on 02/22/2010 3:28:42 PM PST by kalee (The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
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To: cquiggy

“. The Becky Thatcher had been listed for sale on EBAY for about the last three years at a listing price of $299.000 with no takers.”

Seems like it would have been worth if for scrap.


23 posted on 02/22/2010 3:46:50 PM PST by Rebelbase
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