I Used to See This Sailing in the Delta........

[Flutterby]

It just barely squeezed under the Bethel Island Bridge!!!! See story and more pictures:

http://photos.mercurynews.com/2012/...ourney-home-from-the-bay-area/9187/#name here

 

[Flutterby]

http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_20445496/treasured-junk-is-headed-home-taiwan

 

[deltabighat]

Hey folks, with a couple dollars and a weekends worth of work, we could get that thing in ship shape condition....maybe make a restuarant out of it or better yet, run it aground at Lost Isle and let folks live on it.

DBH

 

[Flutterby]

It is being shipped back to Taiwan, as the article says.

 

[UpperDecker]

One less meth lab in the delta.

 

[Flutterby]

No, you are very wrong about THIS old vessel.

 

[BayAreaBoater]

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One less meth lab in the delta.

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[:-fight][-crzwom] Yep! At least now, China gets crap from the U.S. instead of the other way around!

Heck, that piece of flotsam wouldn't even make for good firewood!

Too bad Joe never got to see the day when that derelict left his boatyard. I'm sure he was stiffed for a lot of rent over the years. I bet Marine Emporium is thrilled just to get rid of that rats nest.

And I doubt they liked being referred to as a "boneyard"! [:O] [B)]

But reality is, in Marine Emporium's current condition, the term (sadly) fits...

As with that piece of "junk", Bethel Island is in need of a huge makeover. If China thinks they can do it with their junk, there still might be hope for BI.

Someday...

 

[Flutterby]

The journey continues.......

"Vintage Chinese junk boat is homeward bound for Taiwan 57 years after Pacific crossing"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...fic-crossing/2012/04/30/gIQAZxVmsT_story.html