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Salvage

What’s in YOUR 401(k)?

This year’s C-PORT convention is over. It was fairly well attended, although it seemed to me like too many yellow shirts dashed for the doors at the conclusion of their conference on Friday, just as C-PORT was getting started. In this photo, John Aydelotte uses his new spyglass to scan the hallways for wayward TowBees. [...]

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February 4, 2009 Read the full article →

Salvagers claim they’ve found world’s most valuable wreck

Google search sent this to me:Salvagers claim they’ve found world’s most valuable wreck Salvagers claim to have found the world’s most valuable wreck – a British ship sunk by a German submarine while laden with a 2.6 billion pounds worth of cargo that included gold, platinum and diamonds. In a project shrouded in secrecy, work [...]

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January 25, 2009 Read the full article →

North Reef at Night

A few loyal readers have commented that they would like to see more video of my work out here at Block Island. Much of the footage I have isn’t very dramatic, and frankly would bore most of the subscribers to RedRightReturning. But, they don’t call me Captain Hollywood for nothing. I did find some video [...]

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August 30, 2008 Read the full article →

Underwater Clean Up

The Dockmaster and I decided that it was time for someone to pick up all the trash under the docks at the Block Island Boat Basin, where we tie up the Safe/Sea Block Island all summer. We filled two wheelbarrows with junk that we harvested from under just “A” dock, one of the four main [...]

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August 28, 2008 Read the full article →

When Good Jobs Go Bad, Part 1

File this story under: “Some days you’re the windshield, some days you’re the bug.” It all began quite routinely, as a thunderstorm approached Block Island on Wednesday. As this cloud passed, it started to rain, and the wind shifted from E @ 6 to W @ 15. The weather caused a three boat raft-up of [...]

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August 17, 2008 Read the full article →

Article 7

There seems to be a rash of salvage claims being challenged by insurance companies on the grounds that the entire contract is void because it was signed “under duress or undue influence” – i.e. the boat owner was compelled to accept a salvage agreement because he felt he had no other choice. Perhaps the insurance [...]

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August 10, 2008 Read the full article →

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