Abandoned during the race, yes. Not abandoned as in “we give up all claim to this object”…
Salvaged boats are generally worth a bit, especially a multi-million dollar yacht, which had only been abandoned for like, a week…
But aside from that, this is simply not how salvage laws work…
A) You don’t own the foreshore, even if you are Aboriginal (high water mark ftw), and B) You can’t just “claim ownership” of something, just because it washed up on a bit of land you “own” (in itself that is dubious, in this case).
As pointed out elsewhere, he wouldn’t be saying this if, hypothetically, a fucking leaking oil tanker washed up there. Because he KNOWS that this isn’t how the law works, but he also knows the yacht may be worth money, still…
It’s total bullshit. If a white person tried to do this, on an island they “owned”, they would be rightly laughed out of the room…
He shouldn’t get a pass just because he is (or claims to be) “blak”, and because he is clearly nuts…
Most people who know who this guy is know that he is a race grifting, perpetually aggrieved nutcase, so… I guess his reputation precedes him?
Even left wing subreddits admit that this is total bullshit, even if the media won’t outright say so…
I'm left wondering what the issue is. Was it abandoned or not?
Abandoned during the race, yes. Not abandoned as in “we give up all claim to this object”…
Salvaged boats are generally worth a bit, especially a multi-million dollar yacht, which had only been abandoned for like, a week…
But aside from that, this is simply not how salvage laws work…
A) You don’t own the foreshore, even if you are Aboriginal (high water mark ftw), and B) You can’t just “claim ownership” of something, just because it washed up on a bit of land you “own” (in itself that is dubious, in this case).
As pointed out elsewhere, he wouldn’t be saying this if, hypothetically, a fucking leaking oil tanker washed up there. Because he KNOWS that this isn’t how the law works, but he also knows the yacht may be worth money, still…
It’s total bullshit. If a white person tried to do this, on an island they “owned”, they would be rightly laughed out of the room…
He shouldn’t get a pass just because he is (or claims to be) “blak”, and because he is clearly nuts…
Most people who know who this guy is know that he is a race grifting, perpetually aggrieved nutcase, so… I guess his reputation precedes him?
Even left wing subreddits admit that this is total bullshit, even if the media won’t outright say so…
"Only a week?" Adrift? Unattended? Now I feel even less sorry for whomever owned it!
Yeah, they had to abandon ship and it broke loose and washed ashore.
Your car is still your car even if it breaks down in front of my house.