Peter Prince checks out the activities of the Veins of Life Watershed Society, and the hard work of local volunteers cleaning up Ganges Harbour of abandoned boats and other debris polluting coastal community waterways and beaches.
Comments on "Abandoned Boats of Salt Spring Island"
environmentalists? ... environmentalists? my man, environmentalists
@porpoisefathom
... @porpoisefathom
That boat was rotten to the bone, so not? worth to be restored.
@siamsurf indeed ... @siamsurf indeed recycle it! , don''t rip it appart i agree with? you .
@porpoisefathom ... @porpoisefathom whats the point? that boat (underneath) is rotten to the core.
2 feet? of seawater and sand ...........
omg, how can you ... omg, how can you take such a nice boat and rip it apart?! I would have paid money for it, and I? bet a lot more would have taken it off your hands for free... what a waste.
@iamjust2stone ... ... @iamjust2stone ...well if you have the money and/or investors to back you...go and get 'em! It's ALL in the MONEY...there! I spelled BIG!...not bein' a big prick tho'...trust me: IF there was a chance of some pay-back--this? area would be sparklin' clean...the REAL night-mare that's a' comin' is all that flotsam & stuff from that tsunami which hit Japan that'll be turnin' up on the WHOLE COAST...some bein' -to various degrees of danger...radioactive! It's a new age a'headin' our way...
no dont? contact ... no dont? contact the emergency preparedness program call the local boatbuilder or the poor without affordable housing or invest in the restoration and sale of good boats like that and make a profit!- recycle it! you contradict your green philosophy...
i dont see this comment getting posted because its too real- but at least it gets said...
i build boats and know a good one when i see it--and i make steel boats which arent going to be cut up with chainsaws..go try that on mine..
@Pooshooter5k if ... @Pooshooter5k if the guy? tells us the frp lasts for hundreds of years then restore them! what he says doesnt make sense...
inanity! U cant ... inanity! U cant see the $ of that vessel-- can be used as a mold-or-re-glassed, or sheathed in fer-a-lite. these boats could.solve housing issues- be recycled--or otherr number of positive ways - this goes over heads of guys like u. so-focus on that crap hull in the water not the one you just destroyed!! and stop buying new boats which end up on your beaches? and re-use ones like these !!? its guys like you who follow the herd that dont like poorer people to have a decent boat!
Oh, for Heaven sake ... Oh, for Heaven sake. How big a problem are? abandoned boats?
If they're wood, the ocean will dissolve them in a few years. If they're fiberglass, who cares? They're not hurting anything.
Lead paint? There isn't enough lead on that boat to contaminate a birdbath.
Oil, gasoline, old engine blocks? Petroleum evaporates, steel rusts.
Mercy! How did the oceans ever survive World War 2?
Worry about real pollution sources, not silly "feel good" nonsense.
man i would of? ... man i would of? like to have that boat
That boat looked ... That boat looked like it had real potential for restoration....
I hate to see vintage craft destroyed, though I understand the need to clear the beach...
I helped clear a number of sinkers from the SF bay off Sausalito many years ago, so I? DO understand...
Still...
The Boats are ... The Boats are removed and then tipped in to a dump. That seems worse than leaving the ships to rot. ?
is that the ss ... is that the ss minnow? ?
@telemetry9 Most of ... @telemetry9 Most of these boats are very old thus the reason they are abandon and not sold. So many of the manufacturers don't exist any more and many of the environmental concerns of today did not exist when these boats? were made. They also can not control what items people bring onto the boats and leave there before abandoning them. Many are filled with garbage before being abandoned.
WOULDN'T? BE LOT ... WOULDN'T? BE LOT EASIER TO RESTORE THE BOAT LIKE THAT ONE?
thanks guys? thanks guys?
good job people ... good job people keep? upthe good work.......
ya know, if yall ... ya know, if yall tried to take a little less effort and get the boat foatabl, you could give it to one of the scout programs to sold , or you could sell it yor selves, and pay for some of those fees that you spend everytime you hual something to the land fill...where it be? just as bad for the enviroment as it is when you found it.
just remember that if you find a old trawler in as good shape as the boat you sis this vid on, then email me before you start cutting.
why dont they sell ... why dont they sell some of? the Restoration able ones
bande? de con bande? de con
i would keep a ... i would keep a small one to roam around? on
Canada is a? hazard ... Canada is a? hazard to the whole world. I say the U.S. should leave Iraq and invade and take over Canada, eh?? f**king socialists!
I would say the ... I would say the sewage pipe running into the ocean from Ganges? is more of a threat than those boats.
@telemetry9 Steel ... @telemetry9 Steel breaks? down harmlessly.
I bailed? that ... I bailed? that stupid boat out once, haha.
mmmm........it ... mmmm........it would seem that boat and ship manufacturers should be held responsible as to the materials used in their products.
we all know that boats and ships end up at the bottom of the sea - so why aren't they told to use natural products and? no plastics?
Great? video! Great? video!
@ChuckaXr cos at ... @ChuckaXr cos at the beging he calls it sweet betty?
