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Unusual story. Glad the officer received a gift. One good thing out of a bad situation.

Very good gesture by the gentleman , but the Officer will probably only do some work repair on the boat and then put it up for sale because he won't babel to afford the general upkeep of the boat . Good for him and his bank account savings.

Very strange actually.

Yeah. I think we'll learn that there's more to this story than what we see now.

Yep.

Cool story. Buy weather you spell it as Yacht or Boat, it still spells out Bust Out Another Thousand!!! LOL!!!

The sailing community tells of him arriving from a solo passage, tired, and anchored close to shore but didn't take the waves and wind change into consideration. The salvage costs will exceed the value of the uninsured boat so giving it away was the best option.

Thanks for weighing in with an informed opinion, Zanshin.

Thanks for the constructive detailed response to remove melee from some people's mind set .