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I was having a chat with a friend yesterday about who has legal claim if you find a dingy washed up on the shore. Does anyone know?

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funnily enough (for those that know me it won't come as a surprise) i have picked up several boats and the like that have been lost or abandoded, the situation as i understand it is that you may take the offending item into your storage, inform the relative authority (council, highways etc) i always let the police know and get a reference number. and you may carry out maintenance to prevent deterioration.

i think the qualifying period is three months if the item is not claimed, and should someone come along and claim it.. they are liable for

1) the work you have done to maintain.
2) any storage costs incurred.
3) other costs.. like removal.

you could haggle them out of the equasion (if you were that sort)

to be honest (and i am!) pick it up, inform the respective agency, put a "found" message in the local rag (it's free), and if someone claims it... you've done them a favour!

remember what goes round comes round, and good luck.

steve.

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Wonder what the legalitys of finding a 28' yacht is.
Cos last year We were woken at 1 am by a thud on the boat,I got up with only my Undercrackers on to find a bloody great yacht. The guy moored opposite and myself pulled it in and secured it in an empty berth. Incidentally we checked that no one was onboard and reported it to security. Turned out to have broken its mooring line to a swinging mooring 1/2 mile away and floated up the lake round a corner and into our marina thats so tight its difficult enough to get in at the best of times. We laughed about salvage rights at the time, and considering that we never got a thank you from either the lake warden or the owner we wished we had claimed the thing.
Regards Ian

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For anyone who knows Windermere and may be interested it was moored at Ferry Nab and drifted to Aquatics.

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I don't directly know the answer to that one, but what I do know is that around the Llyn Peninsula, North Wales, the RNLI scour the shores in winter and collect a fair number of little tenders washed up on the beaches. Come spring time, they have a spring sale at Pwllheli and flog them all off at dirt cheap prices to raise funds.

I bought one, nice mahogany jobby, spent a couple of hours on repairs, painted it bright red, and now I use it for fun.

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all i can say to that is, if it was my boat i'd have been very gratefull... may have even bought you a beer!!

i've lost small dingys over the years, but they arn't worth much... other thing that lies in the back of the old swede is, what if they do damage to someones proper boat?? or if some poor sod hits them as they float their merry way out to sea!

still don't know what ever happened to my 10' "it'll never sink cos..." tender!. hopefully someone borrowed it on permanent loan, as i wouldn't fancy coming across it semi submerged with a modern plasic boat!

shudder to think! steve.

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My sentiments exactly Steve. Had it been blowing a hooligan it could have done damage to any number of craft on its journey. Scared the s**t out of me cos you dont expect the Marie Celeste to come floating along when your half asleep and half P****d

Ian


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There was an article in MBM a couple of months ago, "legal matter", in which the member had lost a tender, and another boater found it and claimed salvage. I think the boat name was on it, so this finder tracked the owner down & demanded payment of £300 or so for storage etc. I think the owner told him what he could do with it, as it wasn't worth that much. As it happens, the finder was technically within his legal rights, ie salvage rights .But I cannot believe anybody on this forum doing that. It takes allsorts though.

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Salvage link

Hi, found this on the net, a bit about Salvage.

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.cpanet.freeserve.co.uk/salvagelaw.htm> Click here </A>

Peter

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Re: Salvage link

Peter,

Thant's interesting. I am amazed what you find out from this forum from the colour of Paulines shoes to what to do if you find a washed up hovercraft (or maybe Paulines shoes).

<hr width=100% size=1>Dave
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Read PGD's link. All wreck is crown property if not claimed by the owner within a year, and it's not just lw - hw. And is must be reported to the receiver of wrecks

Wreck is just about anything you find by the way, it's all defined

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