Four Suns might not like to see this...

Is the boat's Name "Humpty Dumpty" and all the Cat's horses couldn't put it back together again.
I can't imagine watching that first bucket running through the salon and yarding all the goodies out.

You think Flounder Pounder would have a Spaceship that drops down on these unfortunate hulks to suck the life out of them and offer a "slightly used" internet specials for us.
 
jg300da said:
I'm with Rob and the others, first the canvas is up, then it's down, first there are black dock lines attached, then they're gone. First there's a radar array, and then it's gone. A boat that size being crushed into pieces and not a single piece of floating debris? Not sign of any oil containment precations? Even if they pumped out the fuel, how many gallons of engine oil are involved?
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First thing I would remove is my CSR Burgee!
 
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OK... I stole these pictures from the "other site we can't talk about here".

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I have a few more that someone sent me right after the thing was beached but I'll have to go find those....

The boat appears to have been stripped of electronics, canvas, etc... before the demolition.
 
Yeah, that makes sense now....let's see, my million dollar boat is about to be made into mulch, but not before I salvage these $30 dock lines!
 
Also, Frank W. said he talked to Rusty at Sea Ray who had "real knowledge" on the thing so I doubt Frank or Rusty are making that up...
 
My first career was with an Insurance Company in their claims department. Salvage was huge for them. If they totaled a car it went to salvage, it was not crushed or destroyed. If this boat was totaled it would have been stripped by the Insurance company for salvage. Rails, windows, cleats, everything.

Guess I am just a doubter.
 
jg300da said:
Yeah, that makes sense now....let's see, my million dollar boat is about to be made into mulch, but not before I salvage these $30 dock lines!
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The sub-zero fridge and freezer were not working anyway....
 
The Bahamas are tricky waters to navigate for sure. One time we approached an anchorage we'd been to 6 months before. We ran aground, gently, 200 yards from where we'd anchored on the last visit. That sand moves around A LOT.

Not to mention the coral.
 
I'm having a hard time imagining Gary's wife smiling while posing for pictures alongside the beached boat.....jus sayin'...
 
I would also question what is really has any value on the boat like that... Who is going to buy a rail assembly for a 480 DB? The cost of getting it from there to a salvage yard and store it? Or a 5 year old fridge? Or 5 year old stove? How about them 13" Panasonic TV/VCR combo units? I just don't see what the market is for stuff off the boat... I thought about it when I first saw it and said "Wow... I could have used parts!.. wait.. why? what parts?" I don't need any 480 DB parts...
 
Four Suns said:
I would also question what is really has any value on the boat like that... Who is going to buy a rail assembly for a 480 DB? The cost of getting it from there to a salvage yard and store it? Or a 5 year old fridge? Or 5 year old stove? How about them 13" Panasonic TV/VCR combo units? I just don't see what the market is for stuff off the boat... I thought about it when I first saw it and said "Wow... I could have used parts!.. wait.. why? what parts?" I don't need any 480 DB parts...
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And it's not like the heavy industrial equipment was sitting on that beach waiting for this to happen... I wonder how long that purdy boat sat there, and how many Seinfeld VHS shows are being watched in the Bahama's on newly acquired Panasonic TV/VCR combo's...
I don't think this was time lapse photography, it probably took some time, and the useful stuff was gutted, including the lines!
 
Gary,
Im not doubting the boat grounded. Im doubting how it was removed. Look at how clean the beach is.... Just doesnt add up...

Rob
 
If you look closely at the pictures all of the shadows are correct and there are tracks up the beach near the dump truck but the tracks next to the boat could have been washed by the waves. If this is a fake someone put a lot of time into the pictures and we know the boat did hit the coral reef. Either way, not a something you would want to watch.
 
Four Suns said:
I don't think it's a hoax. The story is documented on the forum we are not allowed to mention here with pictures from other people that were there. The guy apparently hit some coral trying to go into Devil's Backbone down in the bahamas (top of the Eleuthera Island chain). When I was researching going to that area, the protocol was to call in for a local pilot to come drive your boat in (or follow them) because it was so tricky and it costs like $75. The story was it was this guy's first time in and he didn't want to pay the $75.

Do a google on "devils backbone pilot bahamas" and you can see a few writings/videos on it.
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I wanna say some of the folks that did a recent trip to the bahamas saw this boat or a boat similar, I remember reading on here that they figured the guy hit the coral was taking on water and to save the boat he beached it, but by the looks of these pictures they decided to scrap it.

Search the Bimini threads I'm sure there is a picture of a boat beached there.


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HAHA I found it http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10329
Look at the picture look familar? 7/7/2008 the post was.
 
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A member on the 'other site' from NJ said he witnessed a boat being removed with excavating equipment from a NJ beach earlier this year just like the 48DB pictured.

Is GPS not feasible in an area like that because the shoals move around so much?

I totally would support using a local capatain but I just can't help but think if they ran your boat aground... now what?

Doug
 
These pictures show the beach pretty messy..

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I don't know how someone could photoshop that. The pictures of the bridge pan in the claws looks pretty accurate.
 
I like the little viewing party with chairs and umbrellas
 
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