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Anyone missing a dock?
August 02, 2017, 09:35 PM
ZSMICHAELAnyone missing a dock?
Did you or someone you know lose a cheerfully-painted floating dock in the Gulf of Mexico? The Coast Guard wants to know.
At 1 p.m. Wednesday (Aug. 2), Coast Guard watchstanders in New Orleans received a report of a floating dock spotted in the Gulf, about 180 miles south of Grand Isle, according to Coast Guard officials.
A photo released by the Coast Guard shows a small wooden dock outfitted with plastic barrels and a cabin shed painted light green with lavender trim and featuring a painting of a mermaid and other sea creatures on its side. It has a sign above the door that may or may not say "crab shack."
The Coast Guard launched an HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew from Mobile, Ala., to assess the dock and search for signs of distress. The Coast Guard did not indicate whether anyone is believed to be aboard the dock.
Watchstanders also issued a broadcast notifying other vessels in the area of the floating dock.
Anyone with information on the dock is asked to call the Eighth District Command Center.
August 02, 2017, 09:38 PM
arfmelSomebody should put a GPS tracker on that to see where she goes
August 02, 2017, 09:45 PM
ShifferbrainsWhat the dock?!?
August 02, 2017, 09:51 PM
craglawnmanorThat's not a dock. I know people that would consider that a houseboat. And they'd be proud to say that it was their houseboat.
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August 02, 2017, 09:53 PM
YooperSigsI have to ask:
What's the stuff mounted on the roof? Kayak rack?
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August 02, 2017, 09:59 PM
MitchbSCIs the dock still worth the recovery fees and likely government fines?
They don't think it be like it is, but it do. August 02, 2017, 09:59 PM
TommydoggDid a bunch of Cubans bail off it right before The Coast Guard spotted it?
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August 02, 2017, 10:02 PM
jigray3A few things that could be, but only the water around the structure could technically be called a dock.
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tanksoldierquote:
Originally posted by MitchbSC:
Is the dock still worth the recovery fees and likely government fines?
So... would the dock be in hock?
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GEN George S. Patton, Jr. August 02, 2017, 10:33 PM
Rey HRHIf it floats like a dock...
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August 02, 2017, 10:48 PM
tanksoldierquote:
Originally posted by Rey HRH:
If it floats like a dock...
...but does it quack like a dock?
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GEN George S. Patton, Jr. August 02, 2017, 10:57 PM
BisleyblackhawkI'm in the "that's not a dock...it's a houseboat" crowd...I would like to have that to relax on (not too far out in the gulf though)
...that is pretty "cheerful" IMHO
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August 02, 2017, 11:16 PM
bigpond73So.......that's where it is
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August 02, 2017, 11:19 PM
ontmarkNo No it is a floating potty station.
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August 02, 2017, 11:25 PM
MitchbSCquote:
Originally posted by ontmark:
No No it is a floating potty station.
No shit.
They don't think it be like it is, but it do. August 03, 2017, 12:30 AM
dsietsquote:
Originally posted by MitchbSC:
quote:
Originally posted by ontmark:
No No it is a floating potty station.
No shit.
Ah, so it doesn't say "crab shack" but rather "crap shack". Makes sense.
August 03, 2017, 01:23 AM
coloradohunter44How's the fishing?
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August 03, 2017, 01:29 AM
newtoSig765quote:
Originally posted by YooperSigs:
I have to ask:
What's the stuff mounted on the roof? Kayak rack?
Radio surveillance antennas. It's the weekend getaway vacation boat for the NSA.
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August 03, 2017, 06:55 AM
casIt'll come back in a week or so. Full of Cubans.
The old floating crab shack trick!
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August 03, 2017, 07:23 AM
hrayquote:
Originally posted by YooperSigs:
I have to ask:
What's the stuff mounted on the roof? Kayak rack?
My guess the 90s brackets have fishing line or wire strung between them as a seagull deterrent.
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