The neglected Sea Rays

Timeflys said:
Here’s one that has seen better days:View attachment 102353
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Hell a well cared for one around here can look like that just from November to early March. Hell around the PNW, our lawn looks like crap but the moss in the driveway looks fricken awesome. I let the moss go for the winter because I got out on the deck in the driveway and was brushing it in the rain. Slipped and caught the rail but almost went off. Wife seen it and that was the last time she would let me wash it until the sun shines again.
 
ttmott said:
Waters in Florida that are managed by the COE are under federal law. Many municipalities have attempted to control what stays afloat in the waters (Palm Beach comes to mind) and were over-ruled by the Fed's. In our area most of the marinas have been renovated and any boat that didn't meet standards was removed; those boats are now scattered around permanently on the hook around our area, and there are a lot of them then that sink. It's a mess and when they sink the State/County has to fork out the funding to remove the mess unless in the federal marked waterways then the COE is responsible. So, we have boats that sink and remain for over a year before they are removed.....
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That's what i remember reading.
 
I see a good number of boats - primarily houseboats that haven’t moved under their own power in ages. They get dragged to and from their slips and are so called live aboards.

Poorly kept boats seem to be owned by poorly kept people and I’ll never understand houseboat people’s cult like addiction to these rotten old mutts.

I see my fair share of moldy Sea Rays too. I motored past my current boat for years wondering why the owner didn’t bother to clean it to promote the sale. It was overpriced and for sale for 3 years.

it cleaned up nicely and his neglect cost him at least 10 grand.
 
I vacation Aug & Sept in marathon in the florida keys. I am right on boot key harbour. Me and the admiral sit on the deck and watch all the beautiful boats go by during coffee and then again after dinner for the sunset. I too dont understand the live aboard life. These gargoyles take no pride in their boats and just take there dingy to the bar and back. Most are in such poor shape i dont understand how they still float. One of the most beautiful places in the world has become a dumping ground for this lifestyle.
Last year we had 1 gargoyle murder another over nothing right in the harbour from his boat. Shot him with a shot gun then for good measures shot him 5 more times with a pistol. His reason was his dingy got too close.
 
My wife and I have lived on our 500DA for the last 10 years, by choice. I sold my business's 10 years ago and this was a life we chose. I have not mowed a blade of grass, trimmed a bush or cleaned a gutter since. Yes, there are some that live on old dilapidated boats because that's all they can do, but there are many like us that choose this. I wake up to multi-million dollars views that most would be very envious of.
 
One summer my boat looked like a POS. I was dealing with serious illness in our family and boating just was not a priority that summer. So it looked pretty rough and was pretty dirty. I think I was able to use it maybe 3 or 4 times that summer.

Everyone has their priorities that come and go, Until you get to know the owner, you don’t know if there are extenuating circumstances as to why they are not maintaining their boat.
 
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This boat is in the far corner of the marina where I store. Same year and model as mine.

It’s sad. I’d bet it’s been sitting here for 20 years.

I just told the owner that not if but when they decide to wreck it I’d like some odd parts.

Someone owns it I was told.

Yikes.
 
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Creekwood said:
Everyone has their priorities that come and go, Until you get to know the owner, you don’t know if there are extenuating circumstances as to why they are not maintaining their boat.
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Well said, Creekwood. We loved being on Beachcomber until my wife developed balance issues that made it difficult for her to be on the side walkway handling lines. Then I got cancer and my balance also got AFU. So it became not a question of IF we sell her but how were we to get her to Seattle where there is a market for larger boats. Two good friends stepped up and we had a great trip.

So rather than quit doing fun things we just changed to something with no dock lines,,,,,,,
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Soulshine said:
View attachment 104177 View attachment 104178 This boat is in the far corner of the marina where I store. Same year and model as mine.

It’s sad. I’d bet it’s been sitting here for 20 years.

I just told the owner Thant not if but when they decide to wreck it I’d like some odd parts.

Someone owns it I was told.

Yikes.
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My marina is a storage for derelict boats before they get cut up and land filled. I will get pics and post soon, you would not believe. Marina is a misnomer, it’s more like a trailer park on water.
 
Soulshine said:
View attachment 104177 View attachment 104178 This boat is in the far corner of the marina where I store. Same year and model as mine.

It’s sad. I’d bet it’s been sitting here for 20 years.

I just told the owner Thant not if but when they decide to wreck it I’d like some odd parts.

Someone owns it I was told.

Yikes.
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Those bow rail fender holders are worth a few hundred bucks, may be the only thing of value.
 
Gofirstclass said:
Well said, Creekwood. We loved being on Beachcomber until my wife developed balance issues that made it difficult for her to be on the side walkway handling lines. Then I got cancer and my balance also got AFU. So it became not a question of IF we sell her but how were we to get her to Seattle where there is a market for larger boats. Two good friends stepped up and we had a great trip.

So rather than quit doing fun things we just changed to something with no dock lines,,,,,,,
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Gofirstclass said:
Well said, Creekwood. We loved being on Beachcomber until my wife developed balance issues that made it difficult for her to be on the side walkway handling lines. Then I got cancer and my balance also got AFU. So it became not a question of IF we sell her but how were we to get her to Seattle where there is a market for larger boats. Two good friends stepped up and we had a great trip.

So rather than quit doing fun things we just changed to something with no dock lines,,,,,,,
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LOVE IT. I am working on my retire before 60 plan (58 this fall) and one of the things my wife and I have talked about is buying a unit just like yours and doing the 70 degree loop one fall and winter while we would still enjoy it. Basically you plan a continental circumnavigation road trip tracking roughly 70 degree average day time temps. The idea is leave Toronto about labor day, and head west across Canada to Vancouver then south to Seattle area. Spend a week or so with our son there, and then track south to California, then west and south west through some interesting spots then head through texas and then end up in Florida around January then track North slowly to be back home for Canadian spring. Then sell the motorhome and get back to boating for a while. My wife has had MS for about 25 years and (touch wood) has been really healthy, but the guy upstairs has his plan we can't control. We don't want to wait too long.

(And my wife refuses to handle dock lines. Something about the verbal abuse from me years ago that I have no recollection of. LOL)
 
Creekwood said:
LOVE IT. I am working on my retire before 60 plan (58 this fall) and one of the things my wife and I have talked about is buying a unit just like yours and doing the 70 degree loop one fall and winter while we would still enjoy it. Basically you plan a continental circumnavigation road trip tracking roughly 70 degree average day time temps. The idea is leave Toronto about labor day, and head west across Canada to Vancouver then south to Seattle area. Spend a week or so with our son there, and then track south to California, then west and south west through some interesting spots then head through texas and then end up in Florida around January then track North slowly to be back home for Canadian spring. Then sell the motorhome and get back to boating for a while. My wife has had MS for about 25 years and (touch wood) has been really healthy, but the guy upstairs has his plan we can't control. We don't want to wait too long.

(And my wife refuses to handle dock lines. Something about the verbal abuse from me years ago that I have no recollection of. LOL)
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wife can’t do bow anymore, arthritis in knees, I jump from helm to bow to do lines and anchor. But whatever works to keep us floating. She calls me the gazelle.
 
We may pass you buy as we head east across the US. It'll be a trip in 2-3 years. We would take off from WA in about this time of year, head through the National Parks then continue to the Chi-town area to visit family then on to Michigan to visit Monaco Mike then up into MI to visit more family. Then it'll be across Canadian ground to Niagara Falls, up into New England for the color tour then head south along the coast (bypassing gun unfriendly NY and NJ). No family for the rest of the trip as we head down to FL then go GA to see friends, then to TX to visit my son and DIL then end up in AZ where we'll park it for awhile and stay in the condo.

That'll be the American version of the 70* loop. :cool:
 
Gofirstclass said:
Well said, Creekwood. We loved being on Beachcomber until my wife developed balance issues that made it difficult for her to be on the side walkway handling lines. Then I got cancer and my balance also got AFU. So it became not a question of IF we sell her but how were we to get her to Seattle where there is a market for larger boats. Two good friends stepped up and we had a great trip.

So rather than quit doing fun things we just changed to something with no dock lines,,,,,,,
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Looks like you found a good one.
You will have to keep us all updated on your new travels . I will be interesting to hear what you like over being on the water and what you miss.
 
Don't forget to come up to Northpoint and visit us CSR members when you are in Chi town
 
Marina owners here will seize them and sell them to get the back slip rent. I've seen them tow them out to the river and burn them as well.
 
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