Originally Posted by Cevert (Post 2604663)

Wrong on all counts. The raceboat was not in peril, in fact an argument can be made that it was in better hands when being towed by the Geico RIB, an actual rescue boat, piloted by an experienced race driver whose opinion about the stability of the inverted raceboat is every bit as valid as those of these pirates. If ScottB and the Geico crew felt towing the raceboat imperiled the RIB and tossing the tow rope to these pirates was tantamount to transferring the risk,then salvage rules apply. This was a choice of convenience, since the crew of Geico were fully capable of towing the raceboat to the crane.Furthermore, the owners of the raceboat had every reasonable expectation that their boat would return to the crane without any further intervention to mitigate additional damage to the boat. This is a raceboat after all, not some heavily loaded Sunday cruiser.

Peril did not exist as a precondition to declaring this a salvage.

This was a race environment.Sea conditions were favorable, and there was no risk of the raceboat becoming a menace to others, either in the water or on land.It did not involve a couple of weekend warriors in over their heads. The fact that these pirates released the raceboat in the intercoastal prior to its being secured to the crane (in other words, the exact condition it was in when the tow rope was transferred from the Geico RIB meant they didn't improve or secure the status of the raceboat)

This was extortion.

Originally Posted by Chris Sunkin (Post 2603880)

I believe their argument would be...

Originally Posted by ScottB (Post 2603993)

I have a 1000 gallon per minute pump on the GEICO/Mercury rescue boat, she wasn't going down

Originally Posted by fund razor (Post 2604928)

If anybody asks you to prove that it will do 1000... I think that you should show them 850 on Sunday, and then in August I think that (with Rich Luhrs) you should go ahead and unleash the full 1000. :D Ok, I will stop now.

Originally Posted by BY U BOY (Post 2604933)

Nice:drink:

Originally Posted by ScottB (Post 2604938)

I just nicknamed it the "tripple digits pump" :D

PS I meant gph

Originally Posted by ScottB (Post 2604938)

I just nicknamed it the "quad digits pump" :D

PS I meant gph

Originally Posted by Chris Sunkin (Post 2605008)

Damn. I was hoping to see a 1000 GPM pump in action, sucking out a bilge. It would probably suck the boat right down the hose.

Originally Posted by Chris Sunkin (Post 2603534)

In fairness to these operators, I was at the SeaTow and the TowBoatUS sites today and read their information. It's fairly clearly spelled out- the difference between a tow and salvage. There are certainly a number of gray areas and I'M CERTAIN a number of opportunistic acts like the tow on the Lambo boat, but nonetheless, they do make an effort to inform. I'm sure the operators do take advantage of the individual's lack of knowledge, but they do at least open the door.

Look at it this way- do you read your auto insurance policy? Do you note the changes they make? Or do you, as with 99.99% of all others, assume that "somebody" is watching out for you and that being a "reputable" corporation. They wouldn't pull anything underhanded? Well, in this case, there's no state insurance commission or attorneys general looking out for you.

Originally Posted by Chris Sunkin (Post 2605008)

Damn. I was hoping to see a 1000 GPM pump in action, sucking out a bilge. It would probably suck the boat right down the hose.