I woke up this morning and I had a free boat in my yard :)

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prc117f

Somehow overnight (who knows how long its been out there) this boat hull washed ashore and ended up stuck. Technically can I keep it? ie: salvage rights. how does this work if there was a boat at sea that has no occupants and ends up washing ashore, can you claim salvage rights?

I can fix it up, put some paint on it and have a go at it. Nothing like a free boat in the morning.
 
prc117f said:
Somehow overnight (who knows how long its been out there) this boat hull washed ashore and ended up stuck. Technically can I keep it? ie: salvage rights. how does this work if there was a boat at sea that has no occupants and ends up washing ashore, can you claim salvage rights?

I can fix it up, put some paint on it and have a go at it. Nothing like a free boat in the morning.
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I'd float the idea by the authorities.
 
Nothing, it was just the hull no motor,electronics nothing just the fiberglass hull. No info on it like serial number or boat registration/tag label.
 
I found a small boat floating by my house. There were no reg or hull numbers I could find. I put a lost and found ad (for free!) in my local paper and said something like "Found small boat near XX..." No response so I cleaned it up and still use it. I saved the ad for proof. AFAIK I get to keep the boat.
 
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