Me too. Boats are the sh*t.

Here you go...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/03/23/bc-fishing-boat-tsunami-debris.html?cmp=rss

thank you Skup

Thank you, Skup. Interesting photo. The article also shows the contrast between a news group that can actually write and includesome detail (CBC News) versus MSNBC, which can't even muster a photo in an article that begs for one.

Thanks Skup! A much better article.

Ken Johnson-306874: I've seen "The Cove." You're being rude.

The areas hit by the tsunami are hundreds of kilometers northeast of Taiji (site of the "The Cove" filming), and the boat was likely used to support a typical family of the area (viz., the northeast of Japan).

It probably looks the same the day it left Japan, a poorly maintained and rusting vessel.

Can't wait till 2014-2015 when this debris field is estimated to be about 3,200 kilometres long and 1,600 kilometres wide hits the coast near B.C... The currents will wash some north to Alaska and some south to California.. Bet that will be a navigation hazard for sure and all the tree huggers will be pissed about all that stuff on the beaches.. Beach combers on the other hand will hit the jackpot so it's a win/loose thing..

Thanks Skup,

CBC news is better than the $hit they post as news here.. Aren't we sick of the garbage celebrity gossip and chicken chases the reporter yet??

Oh dear, I hope the owner hasn't yet received the insurance money. :o

Whatupwitdat, I suspect you are correct.

ken johnson, I looked that up and watched the trailer for it. It looks like it could be really disturbing to watch. I love dolphins and think that they are an absolutely beautiful animal. To others I did not make a mistake a dolphin is not a fish it is a mammal just like you and I.

The bad thing is that I just have to find it on dvd and watch it. I never heard of it before. Thank you Ken.

It's been floating and 'sailing' for over a year and hasn't hit rocks, other boats etc. Maybe they should have let the Costa Concordia sail itself....it couldn't have ended up any worse than what happened having people at the helm.

I'm not impressed with the Coast Guard... they found it knowing its been adrift a year without power, now they don't know what to do with it. Don't you think it would be prudent to at least put a team on it to ensure there are no corpses on board before it hits land? With the thousands that were swept out to sea and never found, it would at least be worth a look.

Watch out cause Spain might want the ship, and might want somebody else to salvage it, and maybe ship it to Spain, and possibly pay Spain for any legal fees.

Wow...Talk about a Seaworthy Vessel !!.....If I ever need a boat, whoever is the company that built it, I would want to build mine....Survives Tsunami and a year drifting at Sea....thru all kinds of stormy weather and it's still afloat !!

Four decades ago Japan was the laughing stock of engineering and hardware build quality, especially cars. Today, it's China. Amazing how that's changed, huh?

Anyway this looks like a great US Naval or Coast Guard training target opportunity to me. Tow it in, remove HAZMAT and fuel, oil, and hydraulic fluids, then tow it back out and scuttle it. Salt is a killer to ships and even small boats if not maintained regularly. This thing looks like it's been at sea for years, not just one year. That's bad salt corrosion, and it's a miracle it's still floating considering no bilge pumps have been running. It's a ghost ship right out of a horror movie...now put it out of its misery.

Are they sure there's no one on board? There could be bodies, or what's left of them after a year at sea. The boat could have been washed out to sea with people on board, ran out of fuel, food, water and maybe their radio was damaged or destroyed by the tsunami and they died on board....not out of the realm of possibility. Also it's been free floating for over a year and never crossed any kind of sail routes/trade routes and nobody's seen or spotted it for over a year....a true ghost ship.

What a bunch of idiots you are. A few hours with a sand blaster and a couple of hundred gallons of paint and that would look like a new ship. All the watertight doors had to have been closed for this vessel to have lived this long. Sure it will have to be cleaned up, it will smell musty, but these things from Japan usually sell for $100k to $150k. I'm betting you could likely go aboard with new batteries for the generator and get it up and running in a very few hours. She is riding quite high, so it is in no difficulty.

The owner does have some claim or his insurance company, salvage is not 100% of value. International Laws apply, but possession does have some advantages. If the people who wrote their opinions are the future of the United States it is a very dim future indeed.

why not contact the owner and give it back? sink it? that's the best you can come up with?

I want it if you don't! Yay! A boat!

plenty of people will be willing to tow it in for the salvage and /or resale rights on a abandon ship at sea, its fair game for the first to board her

And get sued for destroying Japanese property? Why would you destroy it? Load it up with american goods and send it back.

Yeah, it's going to be in real good shape...it's been thru a Tsunami, floating at sea for over a year, battered with massive waves and storms, not to mention the Sun beating down on it.

It's not even worth towing in. And it's so far from Japan it would be cheaper to buy a new one than arrange to have it brought back.

What? sink it? good grief

Start it up and drive it to coast, make salvage claim, sell for a bundle. Laugh all the way to the bank.

Sink it? You jest. It's a 150-foot boat, sturdy and salvageable.

I'm sure the owners of the vessel have already been contacted, if they're still alive. They'll most likely want their boat back.

The boat was washed out to sea, but still floats. It will belong to either the US or Canada, whoever boards it first.

But let's show some respect to our friends across the ocean for once. Tug it in, drain it, and hold onto it. It's big for a fishing boat, and it's still floating. I bet that some new windows, a little bit of fixing up the interior and a fresh coat of paint and it'll look like a tsunami plus a year adrift was a walk in the park for it. Some folks on the west coast would probably actually fix it up free of charge. Fishermen understand fishermen.

Most boats out there can't stay afloat for a year without the bilge pumps running and this one did...despite all the rain...if the motors aren't under water...which they don't appear to be...crank over the engines and fire it up and run it home

Board the boat. Remove hazardous Chemicals (Oil, Fuel, etc...). Sink it.

Don't waste money towing it anywhere.

Cost of hiring a tug to tow it = probably around $1,00

Cost to remove all the stuff needed during hazard abatement = in excess of $100,00

...if the motors aren't under water...which they don't appear to be...crank over the engines and fire it up and run it home

Mike - have you actually seen a photo of the boat? How can you tell if the engines are underwater or anything else about their condition. Judging from the rust on the exterior, those engine aren't going to be in good enough condition to start.

yeah lets sink it so we could put more junk on our sea floor....igit

removing the toxic chemicals using other boats will be more expensive than towing it. Tow it, give it back, or scrap the steel and iron. amazing story

scrap metal prices are high ! scrap it if the owners don't want it ,or just keep it as a surviving ship from the tsusami !

Sink it, like they do with many ships, and create an artificial reef. This process actually happens pretty quick.

ABCzyx, I own many diesel engines and one year with out running is no big deal...just because the outside of the boat is rusty doesn't mean that it got that way floating around for a year...you forget that this is a 150 foot long boat...it is in the water since it was built...not on a trailer sitting in your driveway.

Do a little research before you chime in with a comment...most Japanese fishing boats look like this...

And if you read my comment...and I quote"if the motors aren't under water...which they don't appear to be...crank over the engines and fire it up and run it home"

Do I need to say it again...the reason they don't appear to be(the engines) is the boat would be lower in the water...I would get technical but you still won't understand

Why does the word junk comes to mind? Scrap it and feed the hungry!!!!

Mike,

She is riding very high to even have full bilges. It could be dry as a bone inside, looking at the height it rides above the water. I guessing she is near perfect inside and mechanically. A few batteries, get the generator going, fire her up. Biggest expense will be fuel and paint maybe coming in a close second. All steel ships rust it hasn't been maintained for a year, it looks normal for that amount of time on a former working trawler.

Sully,

I am totally confused by your comments...You are making a statement that agrees with my statement "like you just came up with the idea".

What are you trying to say to me...after you addressed your comment to me???

this was swept away with the tsunami and should still belong to the owner

dont people realize they have suffered enough when all was lost and now that the boat shows up some want it and others want to sink it, give the poor fisherman a break and help them get it back

The owner most likely has already made a claim from their insurance company.

Once it is boarded and either being towed or under it's own power. The people/company in charge, then become responsible for vessel...

The salvor of property under pure salvage must bring his claim for salvage in a court which has jurisdiction, and this will award salvage based upon the "merit" of the service and the value of the salvaged property.

The orignial owner or insurance company can make a offer to purchase it...

To Tim Johnson's point....the insurance has paid this claim already, so why not make the owner take that money and come get it? Why should anyone else need to pay for its removal?

Spain and other countries still claim ownership to wrecks that are hundreds of years old..

Not so RainLady, salvage is a percentage of value if the vessel is not claimed. Hopefully the owner is alive and able to claim his little ship. If she is insured then the Ins. Company lays claim and pays the salvege fee.

This is MSNBC. Don't count on any followup from a news group that can't even include a photo. However, I agree with you that it is interesting.

Yep CBC is better

The article on my screen has a photo with it.

If wishes were horses, even beggars would ride.

those darn Japanese people, it's always somethin with them....lol

why not contact the owner and give it back? sink it? that's the best you can come up with?

Blow it up! Yeah! That's a lot more fun. Sinking is just boring.

I wish unicorns could poop rainbows and then we would all be happy! I wish hangnails never occured. I wish the ABC's were the XYZ's. I wish more people in the world were as sweet and innocent as you!

Wonder what the horny one would need to have in his diet to 'poop rainbows'. And thank God for hangnails when your in the emergency room getting emergency 'gentle' surgery on a septic elbow joint, and a gang banger is placed in the adjacent gurney waiting for treatment for his HANGNAIL. LMFAO!!!

AgRo~ Skittles may help with pooping rainbows

I wonder if that is the law. Recently someone found an ancient Spanish galleon with gold aboard and Spain says they have to give it to them.

If spain wants the money back from that spanish galleon, Take it back to where they found it and dump it over the side and tell the spanish you want it back so bad you dive for it. It was probably stolen anyway.

Guess "integrity" and "doing the right thing" has a price, no?

Here's a thought, Hank. Why don't you pay for getting it back to it's rightful owner? No? Didn't think so.

ABCzyx, Why are you so bitter in all of your comments and heckle every post that you can chime in on?

This might come as a surprise to you but the Pacific Ocean is pretty damn big.

Leon,

Have you ever seen the Pacific Ocean?

Just five weeks after the disaster, the debris was so dispersed that it could no longer be tracked by NASA or NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) satellites! The reason they can estimate where it will eventually end up, is by tracking the ocean currents.

And yes, several ships have spotted and reported various tsunami debris, including fishing vessels.

Rather than attempting to board such vessels, officials were advised of the locations.

id liekt find it then salvage it for some money ifit is still floatingi t can...

Zippy - how about including some punctuation and actually reading what you write before publishing it?

ABAzyx, give the guy a break. There was one comma...somewhere. lol

Siobhan: Butitma kes thi ngs real lyto ugh tore adw hen th espa ce ba risn' tused cor rect ly.

Just five weeks after the disaster, the debris was so dispersed that it could no longer be tracked by NASA or NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) satellites!

And yes, several ships have spotted and reported various tsunami debris.

As to reading a license plate from space, we suppose that it helps when you know right where to look in the first place ;-)

The US will do it...We are the world's police...So,why not be the world's custodian...It's the least we can do...we have all kinds of money left on the Platinum card...didn't you see that we raised our credit limit?

It was a natural disaster. So why does the clean up reside solely with those initially affected? If garbage washes up on U.S. soil, then it is still an effect of a natural disaster, and we deal with the consequences thereof.

Will this clean up include the North Pacific Gyre?

This boat has went through hell...

"Went". Really?

ABC....nobody likes the grammar police. I think it is awesome that people find the thought of posting an opinion on this article far more important than choosing to use a book on verbs prior to posting. Come on now.

Look at all of the other ships that they sink, military ships, etc. I'd say that if the owners aren't found, then yes, sink it and create a reef. Salvage what they can off of the ship, but yes, sink it.