A derelict boat is carried by a helicopter from Cowichan Bay on Wednesday, June 21, 2017. The vessel was one of six removed from the estuary by local businesses. Photograph by Denise Gibson.
Last week several Cowichan Bay, BC businesses came together to remove derelict boats that posed a risk to the environment and public safety.
“There has been a lot of talk about the problem of derelict boats, but no one seemed ready to take action,” Brian Thacker, owner of Pacific Industrial & Marine, said in a statement. “That’s why a number of us got together and took matters into our own hands.”
Western Forest Products, Western Stevedoring and Pacific Industrial & Marine are sharing the cost — expected to be between $40,000 and $50,000 — of removing six derelict boats from Cowichan Bay.
A helicopter lifted two wrecks from the water on Wednesday. Thacker said the water was too shallow to tow the vessels without damaging the estuary.
Four boats were towed to the Western Stevedoring terminal dock and lifted out out the water with a crane in preparation for dismantling.
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