45-foot yacht on shore: Mysterious 45-foot luxury yacht ends up as ghost ship
March 11, 2015
10:54 PM MST Facebook
A large yacht washed up on the beach at North Island Naval base in California. Lifeguards say the ship hit the shore in the middle of a flash storm two weeks ago and was most likely worth more than $200,000.
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A large yacht washed up on the beach at North Island Naval base in California. Lifeguards say the ship hit the shore in the middle of a flash storm two weeks ago and was most likely worth more than $200,000.
The 45-foot yacht on the shore of San Diego’s Coronado’s North Island Naval Base belongs to an elderly man who is still missing. The 45-foot luxury yacht came on shore on the naval base which means that if the yacht remains unclaimed, it will belong to the federal government. What was once a pristine vessel meant to go around the world has now turned into a ghost ship.
45-foot yacht on shore: Mysterious 45-foot luxury yacht turns into ghost ship
According to San Diego’s Fox5 news report, the yacht came from San Francisco and it belongs to an elderly man who is still missing. As one commentator wrote on March 11, “Juuuust sit right back and you’ll hear a tail, a tail of a faithful trip…that started from this tropic port, aboard this mighty ship!”
The 45-yacht that washed on shore in Coronado is indeed a mighty ship that would have many tales [not tails] to tell and while it might be hard to believe, its story is not unlike Gilligan’s stranded ship.
The luxury yacht washed ashore about two weeks ago when San Diego was experiencing a major storm. In San Diego it doesn’t rain, it pours – and two weeks ago it was pouring buckets filled with hail. While San Diego is used to getting all sorts of unusual wash-ups during or after a storm (including dead bodies), a yacht – especially a 45-foot luxury yacht -- on a naval base is unusual simply because the shore is guarded.
The so far unclaimed yacht is estimated at a value of more than $200,000, and it was designed to circumnavigate the globe. Sand has swamped the lower staterooms and the trawler is half buried in the shoreline, sinking deeper and deeper every day.
The 45-foot yacht on shore of San Diego’s Coronado’s North Island Naval Base might as well have landed on a stranded island since no civilians are allowed on the naval base. A paddling company took the Fox News reporter out to the yacht and when seeing the deserted vessel from the water, it was clear that besides some electronics on board and the valuable antennas, there would not be much value anymore in the yacht. “It is a really sad thing to see,” he said. “Because at one time this was a beautiful yacht. Now as it gets deeper and deeper into the sand, it becomes less and less salvageable.” What was once an extremely pristine 45-foot yacht has now turned into a ghost ship.
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