Beware of Sandbars

[Striper15]

This shows the damage a sandbar can do. It happened out of South Pass of the Mississippi River near Venice, La. Be careful out there.

http://www.nola.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2016/07/venice_sandbar_rips_outboards.html

[jimh]

When I started reading this post, I didn't think it was going to be very interesting. Boy--was I surprised. Those pictures are amazing!

Who gets salvage rights to those abandoned Yamaha outboard engines stuck in the sandbar?

And a tip of the hat to Grady-White for having a strong towing eye.

[porthole]

The outboards still belong to the owner/insurance company.
They are not abandoned property yet.

Allegedly the props have already been removed, which would be theft.

[kwik_wurk]

That is rather dramatic. And impressove that the engines are stuck nearly upright.

[Peter]

I'll bet that Grady had a rotted transom, something Grady's are well known for having.