Gregory's Server"- A whole generation of “good old boats” is reaching the end of their lives. As fuel costs increase, we can expect even more derelicts in the cabin-cruiser class — gas-engined monsters that no one can afford to feed. And if current economic trends continue, we can expect more people to buy old cheap boats because it’s the only affordable housing available to them.
We need to come up with a solution other than blaming the Last Owners."
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@humulus lack of foresight is a common culprit. Boat builders ought to have paid in part for future boat-breaking and recycling(you put a thing that cant biodegrade in the world, that ought to have a cost), and to maybe have a recycling fee added to the sale of a brand new boat.
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@rek In the Puget Sound region at least, ports have quotas for liveaboards that have been topped out for a decade. Three years ago the waiting period was 3-5 years, today there aren't even waiting lists, the answer is just, "no."
None of the fiberglass heaps around here will get a second wind as floating apartments, for better or worse. They're just toxic tea bags floating in the water.