wrmnfzy wroteThe land owner is not responsible for an act of God. I have been a catastrophe adjuster for over 30 years and have handled many. As I stated before the tree would have had to have had a defect and the owner would have had to have known or should have known for him to be liable.
A renter of the house immediately behind the tree indicated that he's been asking the marina owner to do something about the trees for about a decade. Just a week before it came crashing down, the fellow said something about it again. However, our rental agreement very specifically absolves the marina owner of liability for damages. I'm not sure how that works when there's demonstrable negligence, but I suspect only the lawyers would win if it ended up in court. The self-steering mechanism that used to be on the back of the sailboat that got hit is an expensive piece of stainless tubing...$5k to replace just that, plus a busted teak toe rail and safety rail stanchion. It'll be interesting to see who ends up paying.
Speaking of safety rail stanchions, I'm working on getting rub rails and safety rail stanchions installed. All of these are essential, must-do items before the boat can splash or even be exposed to water, since they all involve holes on the outside of the boat. As an added benefit, each little bit makes the boat just a bit more sparkly! I started on the worst of the safety rail stanchions last week, sanding them with 150 grit to get rid of gouges, nasty pits, and surface rust, then progressing up through 220, 400, 600, 1000, 1200, and finally 1500 grit paper. You wanna talk about tedious? Lemme tell ya about tedious. But by the end of the day, even the nastiest tube was looking pretty good.
1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: Refurbishing Stainless Stanchions
Cheers.
Q
