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Hurricane Sandy's rising boat toll -- Updated
Most boat and loss on record and Aussie “buyer beware”American newspapers were speculating that the damage bill to boats following Hurricane Sandy, which was downgraded to a super storm as it moved inland, could be unprecedented.
Owners are only now discovering the true extent of the damage to their boats, the super structures and engines, after piles of craft were strewn along the foreshores, entangled in fallen power lines, and thrust under bridges.
The Coast Guard at places like New Jersey, where there are more than 163,000 registered vessels according to the Daily Journal local newspaper, insurers and local boating industry associations were unable to account for all the damage at this point.
(Update: Hurricane Sandy caused $650 million in damage and losses to more than 65,000 boats, surpassing Irene as the most destructive storm since BoatUS began keeping records in 1966, officials said.)
But what is know with even greater certainty is that the northeast Atlantic area hit by Sandy has one of the largest boat-owning population in America.
Meanwhile, looters are reportedly running amuck, stripping abandoned and derelict craft of valuable electronic equipment, even though the boats themselves might have just a few scratches.
With experts on the ground saying the damage to boats runs the gamut from scratches to submersions and breached hulls, Australian boat-buyers should beware of cheap imported “grey imports” from America in future. You could be getting more than you bargained for.
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