Just In: Boat Washed Ashore on Baker Beach
Moments before hitting the publish button on today’s ‘Lectronic, we received this photo of a sailboat washed up on Baker Beach from Bay Area sailor Kimball Livingston.
As we understand, the boat, Lorelei, belongs to Chris Escalante who told Kimball, “This was the second time in 72 hours my boat has been cut loose. The boat is still sailable, but BoatUS won’t tow me off unless they can take me to a slip. That’s all I lack. I have insurance. I just need a slip.”
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Get a slip and be responsible!
Captain Empathy; why not wait for more info before piling on?
What is irresponsible about anchoring? Are you one of those beach house people who feel they own the view?
Contact Marina Bay in Richmond
Where has he been docking the boat before-hand…or like the
Ancient Mariner has he been cursed to sail and sail and sail and never
come back to land.
I should have been able to rent any slip in any marina, as my all fiberglass late model trawler has a clean survey and my credit flawless, I’ve never had any trouble in any way in any marina
I applied to Cabrillo Marina, San Pedro, and as I was just about to move, a surprise inspection by another marinas manager saw two propane tanks and a weight belt used as weights to glue two pieces of wood together on my aft deck.
I was turned down for the slip because of “my boats condition” No expiation provided, all decisions final
One would think a marina manager could tell the difference between junk left out and Maintenence, but no No one would discuss it
In today’s climate, don’t be critical of a boat that has no slip, because that could have been me. My old marina was happy to let me stay even though I really wanted to be in San Pedro
That glue project was a one time thing, not a daily occurrence. I have never heard a complaint about my boat before or since.
One would think they would take another look the next day, but nope
I will gladly provide that marina managers name to anyone who thinks there’s more to this than an inspection made by someone not equipped to make one
I made a smart-ass comment earlier above and was about to apologize …then I read his description of the reason for his rejection…a faulty or perhaps slip-shod bracket with two propane.
tanks apparently badly secured on the stern…. given the recent marina fires both here and in Southern California that reason seems a really good one to keep him out of our Bay Area Marinas until the issue is corrected…it’s got nothing to do with credit rating and more with common safety for all the rest of his marina neighbors.
Second time cut loose…. So was he an anchor-out in Richardson Bay? That’s a tough ending.
Boats us won’t be able to get that off the beach.
Not sure what he means by “cut loose”. Actually maliciously cut or just a phrase for dragging?Bill
Bill O’Conner got it wrong
The bottles were empty Just weights on a flat surface
I’m my experience, too many boaters don’t take the time to really learn the art of anchoring. Too small an anchor in too short scope….. “what’s scope” they ask. Learn the art. Become a nerd about anchoring. The seabed is different in different places, some anchors won’t hold. Minimum 5 to 1 scope. I always use a minimum of 7 to 1 all chain unless I’m in a tight Anchorage then it’s 5 to 1. If I know tge wind will pick up I put out a 2nd anchor. Do you know what tandem anchoring is? It’s an art and science….