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08-24-2010, 12:44 PM
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Join Date: May 2001
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Question about salvage law
Pulled a dinghy out of the surf this morning. Is in good shape. Has no identification on it.... I have it tied to a granite post above the high tide line in front of a private property. Most likely came from up the coast, like Cape Ann. What is my next step? (before someone, other than the owner, scoffs it up...)
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“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
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08-24-2010, 12:52 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: On the ocean
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Collect the boat. Bring it home and call the harbor master and tell him you have a dinghy and if anyone comes looking for it to give you a call. More likely than not no one will find it and it is yours. I asked my father in-law who is a retired harbormaster and he said that is what he would do.
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08-24-2010, 03:58 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Newtown, CT
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Take the boat home. No numbers no i.d., Its yours.
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08-24-2010, 04:02 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
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Thanks for the replies. I loaded it in my box truck, with the help of my son, and brought it home, where it is sitting on the Grady's trailer. It is a Walker Bay sailing dinghy. Pretty nice. Will give the harbormaster a call tomorrow.
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“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
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08-24-2010, 04:15 PM
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Permanently Disconnected
Join Date: Nov 2002
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hey that's my boat!
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08-24-2010, 04:15 PM
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08-24-2010, 06:30 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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not much different than property found and turned into the police station
where the owner has 30 days to claim it or it's finders keepers
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08-25-2010, 06:41 AM
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Callinectes sapidus
Join Date: Oct 2001
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Had a dinghy returned to me the same way Rosss......I was told that it got untied, (although I really think some youthes' (a cousin Vinny exurb) took it for a paddle and never tied it back up)....but anyhoots, the harbor master heard that some lunatic was looking for his 'stolen' dingy and luckily, he ended up finding me.
So yeah, try the Harbor Master route or whoever runs the show at the closest marina.
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 ... it finally happened, there are no more secret spots
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08-25-2010, 07:08 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Duxbury
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How about a 30 ft sailboat thats been washed up in the marsh in Wollaston beach for 2 days.
Do I have salvage rights on that if I pull it out of the marsh?
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-Andrew
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08-25-2010, 07:22 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Marshfield, MA
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Though maybe legally in a Maritime Law sense salvage rights apply I often find it disturbing that people resort to these laws on the "small" sense. IMHO Salvage Maritime Law was written for big cargo ships in peril dead in the water.....not dingies, conter consoles or 30' sail boats that unfortunately broke away from thier mooring due to gear failure or foul play.
Just do the right thing and make some phone call to a few harbormaster shacks and yacht clubs, if no one calls you back from now till the end of the season its yours.
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Jon, 24' Nauset-Green Topsides, Beamie, North River. Channel 68/69. MSBA, NIBA
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