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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums$3.2 million yacht sinks in Lake Tahoe marina
(AP) Witnesses at the Tahoe Keys Marina say they heard screeching, the sound of tearing metal, and a passenger yell "oh, no!" late Sunday night.
By about 3 a.m. Monday, a three-story, $3.2 million yacht so big that it has its own helicopter pad was sunk, one end of it touching the South Lake Tahoe marina bottom at a Titanic-esque tilt.
It's still not clear what sent the Sierra Rose to the lake bed, where it remained partially submerged Tuesday and waiting for a private contractor to remove it sometime within the next few days.
Witness Heather Contreras, who was visiting the marina from Turlock, Calif., told the Tahoe Daily Tribune that more than a dozen people were on the vessel at the time of the screeching noise. The luxury liner didn't immediately sink, and some people stayed on it for more than an hour after the apparent mishap, she said. ..............(more)
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$3.2 million yacht sinks in Lake Tahoe marina (Original Post)
marmar
Jul 2012
OP
"waiting for a private contractor to remove it sometime within the next few days." SEE?
piratefish08
Jul 2012
#1
And here comes Obama to raise these poor folks' taxes at the end of the year
BeyondGeography
Jul 2012
#3
That's not a yacht - that's a 3-story houseboat. Plus it probably has another level
kestrel91316
Jul 2012
#9
piratefish08
(3,133 posts)1. "waiting for a private contractor to remove it sometime within the next few days." SEE?
creating jobs without even trying.
the wealthy will save us.
CanonRay
(14,132 posts)4. ROLF
BeyondGeography
(39,393 posts)3. And here comes Obama to raise these poor folks' taxes at the end of the year
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)18. Got Sarcasm? Or are you really weeping? n/t
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)5. I assume "It's still not clear" to be a euphemism
Last edited Wed Jul 11, 2012, 01:11 PM - Edit history (1)
for a complete fuck up.
Edweird
(8,570 posts)6. It's not a 3.2 million yacht anymore.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)7. Pretty ugly.
tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)8. From the article:
"It's the ugliest thing I've ever seen," Tahoe Keys Property Association front desk clerk Ron Parker said, according to the newspaper. "My idea is it was so ugly someone had to sink it."
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)9. That's not a yacht - that's a 3-story houseboat. Plus it probably has another level
below deck.
But it's butt ugly IMHO. Looks like the horrid remodeled home down the street from me: yellow-brown walls, flat roof, completely out of place in the neighborhood.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)10. I think there's nothing inherently wrong with houseboats
http://shantyboatliving.com/2011/shantyboat-living-book-design-options-harry-bryan-shantyboat/
And the lowest deck is probably machinery space, not living.
And the lowest deck is probably machinery space, not living.
Those are called houseboats here too.
Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)12. A blight on the beauty of Lake Tahoe --
It sunk. Too bad, so sad.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)14. I'm unsympathetic to the waterfront condo-owning whiners too.
I paid a lot of money, so I should be able to control everything in my line of vision.
Fla Dem
(23,840 posts)15. Link to Sierra Rose Yacht website
Spazito
(50,563 posts)11. It looks to me like a barge with a beyond ugly addition...
to call it a yacht is ludicrous, imo.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)16. Bit like one of these really
Spazito
(50,563 posts)17. Yep, not much difference, less rust maybe...
but who knows, paint can hide a lot, lol.
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)19. Dude. That's my Party Barge
You can go to all the fancy shmancy clubs in the world, but you'll get no drunker and eat no better meals than on the Party Barge.