From The Admiralty and Maritime Law Blog
On August 8, 2005 while walking her dog Mrs. Teresa Lewis noticed the Verona De Carida listing to her port side with her swim platform and attached wave runner underwater. Mrs. Lewis called her husband Clive, who upon arrival boarded the Verona De Carida and heard water gushing from the engine room.
The entire Admiralty and Maritime Law Blog post by Evan R. Hanson is here.
Salvage is indeed a valuable service ! kinda makes ya wonder what a 50′ bayliner onna beach at night inna storm is worth.
Kinda depends on whether its full of hose-clamps … a 50-footer could hold a whole passel of `em and at $156k each. Right time and right place you’d be a zillionaire.
- kg
we had an actual case of “verbal salvage”… someone told the boater over the phone how to stop the flooding (broken shaft seal). The owner followed the verbal instructions given over the phone, and a small salvage claim was awarded.
People don’t understand salvage. I explain it this way: It’s not about what happened, it’s about what DIDN’T happen.
Now that sounds like something the guy from Cornet Bay would attempt to pull off… !