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ONE DOWN, 1,000s TO GO – Four weeks of crushing 48 boats at La Conner Maritime Services at the La Conner Marina makes a bit of a dent in ridding the state – and maybe your driveway – of derelict and abandoned vessels. In 30 minutes this boat was in pieces in a roll-off container, ready to be salvaged.
A state-managed program to help prevent vessels from becoming derelict or abandoned in Puget Sound waterways and along sensitive shoreline areas was unveiled in La Conner last Thursday.
By all accounts it was a smashing success.
Partners engaged in the free vessel turn-in and recycle day event gathered at the Port of Skagit's La Conner Marina for a 90-minute program including a demonstration dismantling a boats no longer in service and which otherwise could pose threats to the state's marine habitat areas.
The morning session took place at La Conner Maritime Service, where in 30 minutes a heav...
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