SV Seeker

[Jim in Halifax]

Doug: "Cunningham's Scrapyard in Russelville. You can buy from this place. I can't buy from from anybody in Tulsa anymore and that's too bad."
Credit problems or they all got fed up with him?

 

[Zonker]

You're gonna cover that positive terminal like every car in existence right Doug? Be a shame if somebody dropped a wrench across it...

Doug: safety is for pussies.

 

[Raz'r]

ok, maybe I'll watch this later, but is that a red wire coming off a negative post?

 

[Al Paca]

And STILL no researchers in sight.

 

[Zonker]

No that's a multimeter test lead. See how skinny it is. No worries, Doug has it under control

 

[Autonomous]

Doug: "Cunningham's Scrapyard in Russelville. You can buy from this place. I can't buy from from anybody in Tulsa anymore and that's too bad."
Credit problems or they all got fed up with him?

I'd love to hear the scrapyards' side of the story.

 

[Israel Hands]

Some great stuff over on the reddit thread

 

[Israel Hands]

He sure is prickly about insurance these days

 

[Voiled]

I'd love to hear the scrapyards' side of the story.

It's probably the simple fact that it is now a three hour drive to those scrapyards.

Mind it took our intrepid explorer well over half a year to get this far from home.

 

[socalrider]

He sure is prickly about insurance these days
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Only fearless researchers need apply! With funding from fearless organizations who don't require cowardly insurance!

What a dope. And the veiled threats of violence as well... all very Trumpy.

Seriously though, are there *any* marinas that let you dock without proof of insurance? Are things different in the middle of the country? Is it even legal to operate a vessel of that size with that amount of fuel on board without insurance? Who's on the hook for cleanup when she sinks?

 

[George Graves]

He's going off the rails now. A brick to the back of the head? Really?

 

[Israel Hands]

Yep that’s off the rails. No sane researcher would set foot on that piece of shit now.

 

[Latadjust]

An inland waterways version of Crowhurst's spiral?

 

[socalrider]

Mind it took our intrepid explorer well over half a year to get this far from home.

And also that if you threw his rubber ducky in the water where he started, it'd have been bobbing around in the Gulf of Mexico for many months now.

 

[Cruisin Loser]

He needs to get off the lysergicfentamethscaline.

 

[Zonker]

Seriously though, are there *any* marinas that let you dock without proof of insurance? Are things different in the middle of the country? Is it even legal to operate a vessel of that size with that amount of fuel on board without insurance? Who's on the hook for cleanup when she sinks?

If it's just an overnight stay I bet a lot of marinas will just say "do you have insurance" and if you don't look like Doug and say "sure" they let it slide.

Yes, it is perfectly legal to operate a pleasure vessel without insurance

The owner is on the hook - but Doug probably could not cover the cost of a significant salvage effort. (This is why the salvage insurance clause is important in your marine policy kids)

 

[Diarmuid]

"A brick to the back of the head changes people too"

... sayeth an expert in the transformative power of head injuries.

 

[No Bargers]

Somebody complained to the Reddit Admin's. Wonder who that might have been?

https://www.reddit.com/r/SVSeeker/

 

[Israel Hands]

Hope it doesn't get deep-sixed. There is some funny stuff there.

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[kent_island_sailor]

Only fearless researchers need apply! With funding from fearless organizations who don't require cowardly insurance!

What a dope. And the veiled threats of violence as well... all very Trumpy.

Seriously though, are there *any* marinas that let you dock without proof of insurance? Are things different in the middle of the country? Is it even legal to operate a vessel of that size with that amount of fuel on board without insurance? Who's on the hook for cleanup when she sinks?

No marina has ever asked me about insurance as a transient, but they do want to see a policy before you become a tenant. He could get by if he keeps moving.