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Flutterby

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Posted - Apr 20 2012 :  14:08:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote


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

http://photos.mercurynews.com/2012/04/chinese-junk-free-china-begins-the-journey-home-from-the-bay-area/9187/#name%20here


Homeport: California Sierras/Gold Country

Flutterby

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Posted - Apr 22 2012 :  17:30:33  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_20445496/treasured-junk-is-headed-home-taiwan


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deltabighat

RO# 14904

Posted - Apr 23 2012 :  12:34:04  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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


"the only time the boat has too much fuel is when its on fire"

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Flutterby

RO# 14378

Posted - Apr 23 2012 :  14:24:02  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It is being shipped back to Taiwan, as the article says.


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UpperDecker

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Posted - Apr 24 2012 :  20:30:22  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
One less meth lab in the delta.

"You Know, A Long Time Ago Being Crazy Meant Something. Nowadays, Everybody's Crazy."
-Charles Manson

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Flutterby

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Posted - Apr 24 2012 :  20:51:38  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
No, you are very wrong about THIS old vessel.


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BayAreaBoater

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Posted - Apr 25 2012 :  09:28:06  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by UpperDecker

One less meth lab in the delta.




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"!

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...



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Flutterby

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Posted - May 01 2012 :  12:27:22  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The journey continues.......

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

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/vintage-chinese-junk-boat-is-homeward-bound-for-taiwan-57-years-after-pacific-crossing/2012/04/30/gIQAZxVmsT_story.html




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