Abandoned Boat

Old boat
@Ronrybs (21499)
London, England
April 29, 2023 12:30pm CST
On my canal walk I spotted this abandoned boat, which had been vandalised. It has been several years since I last saw this happen to a boat and that one ended up underwater. Somewhat unusually, this boat has been making its way along the canal, a couple of hundred yards at a time and then resting, moored to the bank. I was wondering if the owner was trying to salvage it, but then why such a short distance? Maybe someone was hoping to claim it for their own. It has now ended up on the opposite side of the canal, next to a much larger boat. Is it home or just having a longer rest? Haven’t been for a walk that way in a while, so I need to get down there and see what has happened to. Now claimed or still making its way along the canal and if so which way towards Uxbridge? It hasn’t appeared on the branch to Paddington.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
29 Apr 23
Squatters in it maybe Ron? Such a sad little boat.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21499)
• London, England
29 Apr 23
Could be, but it looks a little too dilapidated to live in. Still, time for it to be returned to service!
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
29 Apr 23
@Ronrybs Yes, wouldn't it be nice to see it in use Ron.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21499)
• London, England
29 Apr 23
@RebeccasFarm And it is certainly draughty!
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Fae Maverick
@Fa_Maverick (9491)
• Australia
29 Apr 23
Ghost ships having taken Forensic classes those are a no from me.
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popciclecold
@popciclecold (40215)
• United States
29 Apr 23
I have never seen an abandoned boat. It looks sad.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21499)
• London, England
29 Apr 23
It is the second one I've seen on this stretch of the canal, mind you the last one was sunk
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Trebor Ika
@Treborika (18194)
• Mombasa, Kenya
30 Apr 23
Me too
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snowy
@snowy22315 (208846)
• United States
29 Apr 23
That boat has seen better days for sure.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21499)
• London, England
29 Apr 23
Mind you, some days I feel the same way!
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snowy
@snowy22315 (208846)
• United States
29 Apr 23
@Ronrybs Don't we all?..
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502379)
• Italy
30 Apr 23
What a shame! That one is a pretty small boat, I wonder if it was stolen and abandoned.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502379)
• Italy
1 May 23
@Ronrybs It is a shame to vandalize things just to steal what is inside.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21499)
• London, England
1 May 23
@LadyDuck Guessing that is what happened. It was coming from Slough, where the canal ends. There are a couple of marinas, but they'd notice if it went walkies, so I do wonder where it came from
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21499)
• London, England
30 Apr 23
It can't get too far away on the canal, but it could have had everything of value stripped out of it
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
30 Apr 23
Looks like the boat has seen its better days. Would be interesting to know the entire story.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21499)
• London, England
30 Apr 23
Indeed, since boat design doesn't change much I've no idea how old it is and what it has been through.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
30 Apr 23
@Ronrybs I am sure there are many stories to be told.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21499)
• London, England
1 May 23
@CarolDM An exciting life on the high seas... or at least the Grand Union Canal!
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120692)
• United States
30 Apr 23
It seems a shame that it’s just littering up the waterway.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21499)
• London, England
30 Apr 23
Sometimes the canal network seems to be a giant waste tip.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (148731)
• Roseburg, Oregon
2 May 23
Poor boat it will fall apart if someone does not claim it.
DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
30 Apr 23
Odd that the boat keeps getting moved. Someone must be planning to do something with it.
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Trebor Ika
@Treborika (18194)
• Mombasa, Kenya
30 Apr 23
It would be stolen away
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (54715)
• United States
3 May 23
I wonder what happened to the owner ?
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (54715)
• United States
8 May 23
@Ronrybs I would think that it would be hard to lose a boat.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21499)
• London, England
12 May 23
@Tampa_girl7 I know they found a false leg on the Underground, so it wouldn't surprise me!
Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21499)
• London, England
8 May 23
I hope they noticed it has gone walkabout!
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Trebor Ika
@Treborika (18194)
• Mombasa, Kenya
30 Apr 23
I think the owner could be just around the corner and maybe would come to collect their boat within no time
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Gill
@Gilljane (2897)
• Sutton, England
24 Sep 23
May be the owner is going to do it up
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21499)
• London, England
24 Sep 23
It needs a heck of a lot of work!