tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834826019588534175.post8606271253075199270..comments2023-09-20T06:10:29.485-04:00Comments on The Marine Installer's Rant: The BitterEnd BlogBill Bishop - Parmainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554223870035485145noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834826019588534175.post-87104803723118529862012-02-29T14:44:46.357-05:002012-02-29T14:44:46.357-05:00600 feet off the breakwater _ Tiger drives a golf ...600 feet off the breakwater _ Tiger drives a golf ball that far - is certainly not the high seas so a drifting object/boat cannot be claimed (with a straight face) to be abandoned and salvage and there is no indication in your story that it was sinking or on fire so eminent destruction was not an issue, rather merely a dinghy adrift with the owner searching for it...<br /> <br /> Were it my dinghy I would have been civil and paid you the initial $150 and taken possession - then stop payment and send you $20 in the mail for your troubles and I would file a civil suit against you if you attempted to extort any further monies from me - and we will see how far your $150 will go when paying an attorney that much an hour...<br /><br />The argument that Admiralty law is different from civil law is changing primarily due to the larcenous extortion of tow boat operators... Civil law is moving to displace Admiralty Law (Admiralty cases are now heard in civil court)as more and more domestic boat operators in near shore operations find themselves fleeced by what amounts to a floating tow truck... <br />Keep it up and the sea tow industry will find themselves saddled with some strict Federal laws...<br /><br />dr. o<br /><br />No, I have never needed a tow...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17955736877931048265noreply@blogger.com