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The Dead Boats Disposal Society (DBDS) is a non-profit society dedicated to the removal and disposal of abandoned boats and marine debris from shorelines in British Columbia, Canada. [1] The Victoria -based Society [ 2 ] has hauled 124 boats out of the water since 2017, [ 3 ] [ needs update ] most from bays and inlets in the Capital Regional ...
An abandoned, sunken boat is seen at low tide on Wed., Sept. 21 in Battery Creek with buoy markers to alert boaters near the shrimp dock in the Town of Port Royal.
It’s not particularly unusual to find abandoned boats along South Carolina’s coast, but then there’s the one on Bohicket Creek near Seabrook Island — a 120-foot long, welded steel former ...
The rising number of abandoned boats has led to a headache for harbourmasters, especially in popular sailing areas like the South East and South West, according to the British Ports Association (BPA).
The Staten Island boat graveyard is a marine scrapyard located in the Arthur Kill in Rossville, near the Fresh Kills Landfill, on the West Shore of Staten Island, New York City. It is known by many other names including the Witte Marine Scrap Yard , the Arthur Kill Boat Yard , and the Tugboat Graveyard .
Boat owners can clarify with an assisting vessel if the operation is to be considered salvage, or simply assistance towing. If this is not done, the boat owner may find that the rescuer may be eligible for a substantial salvage award if the salvor can show sufficient evidence that the vessel was in peril at the time, and a lien may be placed on ...
The FWC’s second wave of officers arrived Thursday to identify and locate these vessels, as the number of abandoned boats is expected to increase daily.
In 2012, the California State Lands Commission's Abandoned Vessels Program removed the Spirit of Sacramento from the Sacramento River and placed it on the riverbank. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] [ 3 ] As of 2025, the Spirit of Sacramento has not been moved from the banks of the Sacramento River and is prominently visible from the Garden Highway .