People just abandon their boats when the can't pay for them

Marriage is like bullfight...Half the people are on the outside, trying to get in, and the other half are on the inside trying to get out.

So goes an old Spanish saying... In light of a recent article in the NYTIMES this dicho can easily apply to boat ownership. A new problem for authorities is boat abandonment. Instead of paying for upkeep or having their boats properly disposed of, it seems many people are just ditching them in rivers and bays or trying to scuttle them.

“They say, ‘I had a dream of sailing around the world, I just never got around to it.’ Then they have some bad times and they leave it to someone else to clean up the mess,”

I don't know why, but this quote makes me sad. Maybe its because I too have dreams of boat ownership, and I don't like to think that it won't work out and I'll be just another asshole who had extra cash and no idea what the hell he was doing. I guess that's why I'm taking it slow and working with a sailing club first despite the fact that now would be the PERFECT time to buy a boat.