How wrong can we be?

James W said:
I've certainly seen worse! Dry her out, sand and varnish! Unless the bulkheads have rotted through that is.....
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I agree. The traditional Scandinavian distaste for wood on the outside is a boon here, and if the water had ever got higher than the bunk tops the lifejackets would have gone off.
 
Vitesse said:
Out of interest, how does the marina go about getting 'legal ownership'?

From their T&C's perhaps? Not sure how that works after the marina has been through several owners. Anyway, just curious.
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They used the Torts (interference with goos) ACT 1977
See the notices pinned on the boats a couple of months ago.
Doesnt matter how many marina owners as the debt would be transferred from one to the next each time its sold.
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So basically they give the owner the opportunity to pay up(proabably most of them had passed away) by posting a notice and on it for a couple of months stating that thay are going to sell it to recover the outstanding debt.(or a small proportion of it in most cases!) I doubt any of the original owners or their inheritors are going to turn up in a couple of months and kick off when there boat has moved on!
If they do whats the worst that could happen presumably the Marina can give them a bill for the balance of the remaining outstanding fees?
 
Thanks for that, TSB.

Looks like the marina have done some homework! Good luck to them in building a thriving business.

I share others' opinion of ebay having recently sold an old car to someone who didn't view it - he just sent a trailer to pick it up.
 
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