I drive by a few dozen rotting sailboats most days. Many of you do, too. These are on the north side of Madison Boulevard, just west of where it runs into I-565.
(Not a great shot, I know. This is with my phone, through the open car window, at about 45 mph. ‘Course, that does lend a certain authenticity to it, I suppose.)
I thought for a while I’d stop and try to get some artistic shots of them, but it’d be pretty tough to do without attracting attention nearly immediately, and given that I don’t know the purpose of the pile of rotting sailboats, I’m not sure that’s something I want to do.
I’m confident they haven’t moved in years. This is not a storage facility for vessels in working condition.
So are they totaled hulks? What would total so many boats but a hurricane? If that’s what happened, then why are they so far inland?
What else could the story be?
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Perhaps they have been impounded and are just crap now due to neglect.
I can’t believe I have never seen those. I wonder if parts of them can be salvaged.
Your pic is awesome for being taken while driving by and with a cell phone.
Thanks, Lynda! I really didn’t expect it to work well enough to go with it, but I was pleasantly surprised when I got home and took a look.