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65' YACHT SINKS LAKE MICHIGAN

Discussion in 'General Yachting Discussion' started by Rodger, Apr 25, 2017.

  1. Rodger, Apr 25, 2017
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  2. olderboater, Apr 25, 2017
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    Much like the Palm Beach episode here. What I don't understand is the failure of the Coast Guard and/or the local law enforcement to take steps to contain it or remove it. Yes, the owner has liability, but when he's not going to do anything, you don't just let it sit and break into pieces and cause more damage.
  3. Pascal, Apr 25, 2017
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    When a boat is beached in the surf, it's toast. Wood or fiberglass ... its toast. So I guess if you re taking on water may as welll let it sink in deeper water so the tree huggers don't have anything to ***** about and most importantly nothing to sue you about.
  4. Pascal, Apr 25, 2017
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    Let me give you an example about the failure of authorities to take steps ...

    Last week we had a diesel spill here in coconut grove. Strong diesel smell, rainbow on the water etc... the spill would happen every couple of hours obviously a sign of a cycling bilge pumps. It lasted 5 days despite many calls to the USCG national spill hotline, sector miami, and the marina office (owned by the city of Miami)

    Apparently, neither the coast guard or the city can do anything beyond walking the docks. USCG responded nicely sending two coasties within two hours of my call but they couldn't find the source.

    Using my dinghy I was able to pinpoint the source to either of two boats... right now the spill seem to has stopped although it may just be because the wind has shifted and could be blowing the slick the other way...

    Fracking bureaucrats
  5. saltysenior, Apr 27, 2017
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    any identification or make of that boat.......somehow it looks familiar,??
  6. SeaEric, Apr 27, 2017
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    76' wooden Broward "Tica" Sad to see her end this way. Last time sold (in FL) she went for only $23,000 (according to soldboats.com) suggesting seriously compromised structural condition. It's quite remarkable that she even made it to her final resting place in Michigan.
  7. saltysenior, Apr 28, 2017
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    I thought I recognized her....We docked behind her at N.P.Beach Marina....I was there when a cable on the lift broke at Spencers and she took a nose dive into the concrete. They repaired her well and she was always well maintained by her owner Jim Walters...Sad to see for sure


    Tica = This I Can't Afford
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  8. olderboater, Apr 28, 2017
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  9. Capt J, Apr 29, 2017
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  10. olderboater, Apr 29, 2017
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    Supposedly no insurance.
  11. Capt Ralph, Apr 29, 2017
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    Ooofffff
  12. RB480, Apr 30, 2017
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    I passed this boat on the Tombigbee in October 2016, I was heading south and they were heading north. They had guys with sanders out on the bow and someone painting at the rear. From 200' away it even looked very rough. I was wondering why they were headed north.

    Fast forward to Feb 2017 k saw the boat in the lift on the hard in Grand Haven and there was nothing pretty under the waterline. Then saw the listing pop up as well.
  13. bernd1972, May 1, 2017
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    I received some further Information concerning TICA so 6 month ago when I was looking for a worthwile project. Let´s just say that the words "major restauration" and "barge for transport" came to my mind right when I went through the fotos... Needless to say that I wasn´t too keen on jumping on that one. Cheap, for sure, but far to cheap for not beeing overly expensive... :D
    But a nice looking boat, sorry for seeing her go that way...
  14. Norseman, May 1, 2017
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    Nice looking boat. Then.
    They may have to update the listing however, unless a handyman comes around of course.
  15. Carver440, May 2, 2017
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    According to the latest news, Tica has broken up and is now washing up in pieces:

    From Boatnerd.com:

    After ‘disaster’ shipwreck, a massive beach cleanup near Ludington

    5/2 - Ludington, Mich. – The fate of the 76-foot pleasure boat couldn’t have been worse, first running aground after taking on water, then succumbing in a storm, its structure breaking like kindling.

    Since the storm ravaged the boat, wreckage has washed up on the shores of Ludington State Park, with hundreds of hours of cleanup by state employees and volunteers, and a tab that’s still running weeks later and may continue for months in an unusual spectacle of piles of wood and other debris on the public beach.

    “It’s a disaster along the shoreline,” says Jim Gallie, manager of the park for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

    About 9 a.m. April 15, the boat, Tica, took on water and its owner ran it aground onto a sandbar north of Big Sable Point lighthouse, officials say. The Coast Guard, with a crew patrolling in the area, arrived about 20 minutes later and rescued its operator, who was traveling from Pentwater to Traverse City. The boat was listing about 15 degrees by the time the operator was rescued.

    “A commercial salvage company is planning to place boom around the vessel Sunday and position a barge with a vacuum pump to remove all of the fuel and oil from the vessel,” read a Coast Guard statement published the day of the crash.

    Less than a week later, on April 21, a major storm hit. Its wind and waves outmatched the Tica, forcing its superstructure to break, scattering debris along the shoreline, with more washing up onto the beach at Ludington State Park each hour.

    Since then, debris has washed up; visitors at one point would find a huge part of the stern, with the words “Traverse City” peeking like pieces from some long-lost shipwreck from its burial in the sand.

    Read more and view photos at this link: http://www.detroitnews.com/story/ne...er-shipwreck-massive-beach-cleanup/101136488/