Salvage of derilect boats

[Warpa]

I just had a read through (out of curiosity) about slavage rights of a derelict vessel, this could be a rotting tender or 30 foot flybridge. Not a lot covered derilect stuff that i see around the itchen so i thought i would throw this out to the ones of you that could have done the Teefal add

If its tied to a mooring but has not moved for years i guess it belongs to the owner of the mooring? if its tied to a bouy in the river, whos is it then, who owns these bouys that go from the Cobden bridge area right the way past Ocean village?

Im not planning on going out and towing home evrything that i see, im just curious in all the waste out there and how it should be put back into service.

Over to you chaps

 

[prv]

If its tied to a mooring but has not moved for years i guess it belongs to the owner of the mooring? if its tied to a bouy in the river, whos is it then,

You just said, the owner of the mooring.

(Actually it's pretty unlikely that the same person owns the mooring and the boat. Most people in this part of the world rent their moorings.

who owns these bouys that go from the Cobden bridge area right the way past Ocean village?

I'm actually not sure, but I think it's ABP. A guy whose blog I used to read kept his old trawler on one of the big yellow buoys opposite the aggregate wharves, and I think he mentioned ABP asking him to move so they could be lifted for maintenance.

Im not planning on going out and towing home evrything that i see

Good, because I'd be pretty pissed off if you went and took my boat just because I wasn't on it at the time. Do you do that with parked cars too?

Pete

 

[Firefly625]

Do you do that with parked cars too?

...Not sure what you mean here, are you actually saying people return to their cars and expect to use them again after they have clearly just abandoned them and walked off..?

 

[burgundyben]

I have an idea that a bunch of the boats opposite the old TVS site are those which have been abandoned and then moved there by the HM to get them out of they way.

In ten years time they'll be a load of manky old flybridge cruisers there....

 

[Searush]

many boats are simply left because the owner is ill, working abroad, havin problems at home, dealing with sick dependants or just found a new hobby, girlfriend etc. That does not make them derelicts. Many such owners fondly remember their boats at their prime on sunny summer days & place a remarkably high value on the current neglected hulk you see. That is why so many will not sell. Stealing them is not the right answer.

If mooring or yard fees (& in some cases) insurance are not paid, then the mooring or yard owner will ask for the vessel to be removed. If it isn't removed then what happens next should depend on the mooring terms & conditions. Most harbour authorities retain the right to sell vessels to recover monies owed. There are regular auctions around the Solent area where you can by such craft by sealed tender. But they are seldom easy to return to use, and the cost will often outstrip the value.

 

[omega2]

Now that it has been brought to notice, watch for a lot of unused boats heading East.

 

[Warpa]

From 2

To one

This type of thing is the nicer stuff out there, the old wooden boats etc there are loads of, also a few barges along the river with a wreck stacked on top of it.

 

[Searush]

Somebody must be paying for the mooring, licence insurance & Safety Certs mstn't they? I'd expect them to be prosecuted if not legal on the river.

 

[Seajet]

Top Tip, lock your mooring !

I'm reminded by this thread, why I lock my boat onto her mooring, a neighbouring boat was vandalised then set adrift by yobs...

 

[Warpa]

Somebody must be paying for the mooring, licence insurance & Safety Certs mstn't they? I'd expect them to be prosecuted if not legal on the river.

No idea, why two derilect boats side by side on a pontoon that is full of boats that are in regular use. From what i can remember both were moored up there but in different spots, maybe the owner of the yard has now taken ownership by some means or another and has them up for sale as is, or one could be in a yard being refurbished...the list goes on.

 

[prv]

Somebody must be paying for the mooring, licence insurance & Safety Certs mstn't they? I'd expect them to be prosecuted if not legal on the river.

Note this is on the Itchen, just above Northam Bridge so inaccessible to those of us with masts, but otherwise very much part of "the sea". Or at least, not subject to the BSS which is what I assume you're thinking of.

Pete