Sailboat on the beach at Treehouse?

[johng]

K A M, thanks for your thoughts and knowledge everything you posted makes a lot of sense to me. I've never owned a boat and have very limited experience on the ocean but your logic seems on the money!! Were you in Negril while this has been going on?? Have you actually seen the boat? I understand the complexity involved in the salvage laws. Does a boat owner have a "Title" for a boat or what is the document used and is there an International Clearing House where ownership is recorded??

[Kold Ass Mofo]

K A M, thanks for your thoughts and knowledge everything you posted makes a lot of sense to me. I've never owned a boat and have very limited experience on the ocean but your logic seems on the money!! Were you in Negril while this has been going on?? Have you actually seen the boat? I understand the complexity involved in the salvage laws. Does a boat owner have a "Title" for a boat or what is the document used and is there an International Clearing House where ownership is recorded??

We were in Negril a few days after the boat came ashore. Saw some of the failed attempts to get her free. Boat registration and titling regulations vary from state to state in the US for inland vessels. Offshore boats can be registered in countries other than where you call home for tax purposes. As far as I know any legal issues with an offshore vessel are handled by the federal court system in the flagging or country where the violation occurred.

A day or two into our trip:

[Accompong]

A prolific (even if slow) progression from the curious to the experts to the comedians.

[Todd]

A prolific (even if slow) progression from the curious to the experts to the comedians.

Gotta love the boardies!